Gary Paulsen

Michael Spurgeon's novel Let the Water Hold Me Down tells a story about a man named Hank, whose wife and daughter died in a drowning accident, while also giving great supporting information on how much the government plays a part in poverty. After his wife and daughter’s death, Hank then decides to impulsively hop on a plane to Mexico where he will stay with his very rich friend, Cesar. While soul searching in Mexico he ends up getting a job in the poverty ridden town of Chiapas. The poor town…

The story is about a thirteen- year- old boy named Brian Robeson from New York who is flying from Hampton, New York to Canada to spend the summer with his father. His parents recently got divorced, which is very upsetting to him. Brian keeps blaming his mother for the divorce , because he saw his mother with another man in the car, which make him think , his mom is the reason for his parent’s splitting up. His mother drops him off at a private airport to visit his father. During the flight,…

In the book Nightjohn, by Gary Paulsen, Sarny is eager to learn how to read, and write from Nightjohn. But run into trouble from their master Waller, who doesn't want slaves to know how to read, and write. But it won’t stop Sarny from learning how to read and write. Questions can help your life, even if you are in a bad situation. There is nothing wrong with being curious, and don’t let anybody tell you that there is. Sarny had been very curious how to read, and write. Even though Sarny was…

“Canyons” by Gary Paulsen is a marvelous story that is very entertaining for teenagers and even adults that is into fiction. In the story, “Canyons” there are two time periods for both our main character. Coyote Run lived in El Paso, Texas during the year of 1890, tho Brennan lived in El Paso, Texas during the year of 1990. There is two main characters in the story, Coyote Run and Brennan Cole. Their both 2 different teenage boys who lived in different eras, but have a similar divine connection…

Hello, this my INS on The Crossing by Gary Paulsen. The book takes place in Juarez, Mexico just across from the bridge is El Paso, Texas. The mood is very dark. This is a very dark book and deals with darker themes. The book is about Manny Bustos, a 14 year old orphan that lives in a cardboard box on the streets. He is desperate for money so he can buy food to survive, but he has to deal with the gangs. The other main character of this story is Robert Locke, a sergeant. He is scarred by his…

I just finished reading Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. The book is about a boy named Brian who is stranded in the Canadian forest after his pilots dies. He learns to survive and thrive with only a hatchet for two months until he was rescued. Other than being stranded in the forest Brian has many problems. First of all the only reason that he was flying over the forest was to visit his father. His parents divorced a few months before and he was on his way to stay his father for the summer. His…

Have you ever been away from you parents for a long time. Maybe 54 day’s. Well Brian Robeson had to. He was stranded by himself after a plane crash. This very book Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen had a ton of memories. Some of them were good but some were bad. One of them is that his parents got a divorce and his mother made him leave to his father for summer and he left not knowing the secret. That was one of the bad. There’s good in this one, when his mother left the salmon out when she went to visit…

When Brian was a thirteen years old boy, his parents had been divorce.basically Brian had to live with his father who was working in Canada in summer. Before Brian took the plane to visit his father, his mother gave him a hatchet as a present. Momentarily the pilot suffered the massive heart-attack and he died.Brian control the plane by himself. As Brian almost ran out of the gas he falled down on the edge of lake.After the plane crash, in spite of Brian’s forehead and his leg got hurt, yet he…

Hatchet Vs. A Cry In The Wild Hatchet does a better job of telling the story. This is because the amount of time spent at the lake and has more details and shows that Brian can get hurt and isn’t superhuman. Hatchet has imagery like the roaring plane and others which aren't quite as good as the ones you see in the movie. The book’s foreshadowing isn't quite as good as the films either. After all this you would think the movie didn't care about anything but imagery and foreshadowing and not the…

Imagine just imagine that one day your parents are divorced and during the summer you have to go and visit your dad in Canada where he now works, there are so many things going through your mind and you know a secret that your father doesn't about why they split up. But before you could even reach your dad the pilot of the small single engine plane, the pilot dies of a heart attack, the plane crash lands a little while later. You are stranded in the middle of the Canadian wilderness. That is the…