Gary Paulsen was born on May 17, 1939 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He spent a lot of time in the library because he had problems at home. He had a hard time in school too. He loves horses and dogs (he has many). He lives on a ranch in Becida, MN and also spends time in La Luz, New Mexico. He is married to an illustrator, Ruth Wright Paulsen. Gary Paulsen writes his books about things he has really experienced in his life. He really has been in a forced landing of a plane like in Hatchet. Mr. Paulsen has run the Iditarod too, like you will find in Dogsong. He was told not to write for boys , but he did and has been very successful. He writes on four day stretches, then takes a couple days off. He has been honored as a Newbery Honor Winner three times and has written more than 80 books
BOOKS: tuckets ride, call me francis tucket, the crossing, dogteam, hatchet, mr.
tucket, nightjohn, sentries, the voyage of the frog, father water;motherwoods, the boy who owned the school, canyons, dancing carl, the foxman, the haymeadow, the monument, popcorndays and buttermilk nights, tiltawhirl john, the winter room, brians winter, the cookcamp, dogsong, harris and me, the island, the night the white deer died, the river, tracker, woodsong, the car, brian's return, tuckers gold, my life in dog years, puppies;dogs and blue northers, soldiers heart, sarny, alida's song, the transall saga, the christmas sonata, the rifle, the tent. the schernott discoveries, GUTS, the beet fields, tuckets home, curse of the ruins, danger on midnight river, escape from fire mountain, canoe days, the white fox chronicles,
On May 17, 1939 a famous writer was born. His name was Gary Paulsen. At a young age Paulsen...
Gary Paulsen
Some of the information is a bit redundant and there really is no need to repeat information (you mentioned his birthdate 3 times!) By placing the Top 10 survival tips right in the middle of the essay, it breaks the flow and continuity of the essay; it would've been smarter to place that information in an appendix. Having said that, this is informational and is above average, especially considering this is 9th grade level.
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