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When sickness decimates his fishing camp, an orphan named Leif flees north in a cedar canoe, journeying along a brutal but beautiful coastline.

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Main Author: Paulsen, Gary (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Wilderness survival > Juvenile fiction.
Survival > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Diseases > Juvenile fiction.
Canoes and canoeing > Juvenile fiction.
Action and adventure fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:When sickness decimates his fishing camp, an orphan named Leif flees north in a cedar canoe, journeying along a brutal but beautiful coastline.
Physical Description:246 pages ; 22 cm
Audience:Grades 4-6.
ISBN:9780374314200
0374314209
Author Notes:Gary Paulsen was born on May 17, 1939 in Minnesota. He was working as a satellite technician for an aerospace firm in California when he realized he wanted to be a writer. He left his job and spent the next year in Hollywood as a magazine proofreader. His first book, Special War, was published in 1966. He has written more than 175 books for young adults including Brian's Winter, Winterkill, Harris and Me, Woodsong, Winterdance, The Transall Saga, Soldier's Heart, This Side of Wild, and Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books. Hatchet, Dogsong, and The Winter Room are Newbery Honor Books. He was the recipient of the 1997 Margaret A. Edwards Award for his lifetime achievement in writing for young adults.

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