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Woodsong

by Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen
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Gary Paulsen, three-time Newbery Honor author, is no stranger to adventure. He has flown off the back of a dogsled and down a frozen waterfall to near disaster, and waited for a giant bear to seal his fate with one slap of a claw. He has led a team of sled dogs toward the Alaskan Mountain Range in an Iditarod–the grueling, 1,180-mile dogsled race–hallucinating from lack of sleep, but determined to finish.
Here, in vivid detail, Paulsen recounts several of the remarkable experiences that shaped his life and inspired his award-winning writing.

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  • Release date

    July 14, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780307582164
      • File size: 69636 KB
      • Duration: 02:25:04

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 5.6
    • Lexile® Measure: 1030
    • Interest Level: 6-12(MG+)
    • Text Difficulty: 6-8

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 30, 1991
      According to PW , this ``autobiographical celebration of Paulsen's longtime love of dogsledding and sled dogs . . . blends deep introspection with fast-paced action and succeeds admirably on both levels.'' Ages 12-up.

    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 1, 1990
      Paulsen, who has received Newbery Honors for three of his novels, is the best author of man-against-nature adventures writing today. Woodsong is an autobiographical celebration of his longtime love of dogsledding and sled dogs, a love that suffused the pages of his best novel, Dogsong. Woodsong is divided into two parts. In the first part, ``Running,'' Paulsen relates anecdote after anecdote about how his dogs and the frozen, wintery adventures he has had while sledding have taught him to be more human. The anecdotes run the gamut from hilarious to tragic, and truly sing with the wonder, violence and grace of the woods. The second part, ``Racing,'' the pellmell story of Paulsen's first Iditarod--a sled race across the Alaskan wilderness from downtown Anchorage to downtown Nome--burns with feverish intensity as one grueling day follows another. Like Paulsen's novels, Woodsong blends deep introspection with fast-paced action and succeeds admirably on both levels. Ages 12-up.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:5.6
  • Lexile® Measure:1030
  • Interest Level:6-12(MG+)
  • Text Difficulty:6-8

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