02497cam a2200445 i 4500 626028030 TxAuBib 20210114120000.0 201113s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020911020 9780374314156 hardcover 0374314152 hardcover (OCoLC)1220962433 CNEDM eng rda CNEDM IKG OCLCO LMJ ILC OCLCO IUK TXAAL TxAuBib rda Paulsen, Gary, author. Gone to the woods : surviving a lost childhood / by Gary Paulsen ; pictures by Anna and Varvara Kendel. Surviving a lost childhood. First edition. New York : Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2021. ©2021. 357 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Lonestar. The farm -- The river -- The ship -- Thirteen -- Soldier. A mesmerizing memoir from a literary legend, giving readers a new perspective on the origins of Hatchet and other famed survival stories. His name is synonymous with high-stakes wilderness survival adventures. Now, beloved author Gary Paulsen portrays a series of life-altering moments from his turbulent childhood as his own original survival story. If not for his summer escape from a shockingly neglectful Chicago upbringing to a North Woods homestead at age five, there never would have been a Hatchet. Without the encouragement of the librarian who handed him his first book at age thirteen, he may never have become a reader. And without his desperate teenage enlistment in the Army, he would not have discovered his true calling as a storyteller. An entrancing account of grit and growing up, perfect for newcomers and lifelong fans alike, this is the famed author at his rawest and most real. 1030L Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5.9 11 511602. 20210114. Paulsen, Gary Childhood and youth Juvenile literature. Paulsen, Gary Biography. Authors, American 20th century Biography Juvenile literature. Wilderness survival. Autobiographies. Biographies. Kendel, Anna, illustrator. Kendel, Varvara, illustrator. TXAAL