Survival is a theme in all of Paulsen's more than 100 books. And survival is something he knows well. He's lived in the wilderness with only a bow and arrow, sailed the ocean alone, killed bears and moose. It is Gary Paulsen's overwhelming belief in young people that drives him to write. His intense desire to tap deeply into the human spirit and to encourage readers to observe and care about the world around them has brought him both enormous popularity with young people and
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