From Gary Paulsen, the author of Hatchet, comes another high-stakes survival story about a young boy on the edge between life and death, where the high seas meet a coastal wilderness.

This stunning historical adventure, set along a rugged coastline centuries ago, does for the sea what Hatchet did for the woods, as it relates the story of a young person’s battle to stay alive against the odds.

When a deadly plague decimates his fishing village, an orphan named Leif is forced to take to the water in a cedar canoe. He flees northward, following a wild, fjord-riven shore, navigating from one danger to the next. The deeper into his journey he paddles, the closer he comes to his truest self as he connects to the heartbeat of the ocean, the pulse of the landscape.

With hints of Nordic mythology and an irresistible narrative pull, Northwind is Gary Paulsen at his captivating, adventuresome best.

From the author of the bestselling Hatchet comes a true story of high-stakes wilderness survival!

At the age of five Gary Paulsen escaped from a shocking Chicago upbringing to a North Woods homestead, finding a powerful respect for nature that would stay with him throughout his life. At the age of thirteen a librarian handed him his first book, and there he found a lasting love of reading. As a teenager he desperately enlisted in the Army, and there amazingly discovered his true calling as a storyteller.

A moving and enthralling story of grit and growing up, Gone to the Woods is perfect for newcomers to the voice and lifelong fans alike, from the acclaimed author at his rawest and realest.

A young boy spends his tenth summer on his aunt and uncle’s farm, where he is constantly involved in crazy escapades with his cousin Harris. “On the Larson farm, readers will experience hearts as large as farmers’ appetites, humor as broad as the country landscape and adventures as wild as boyhood imaginations. All this adds up to a hearty helping of old-fashioned, rip-roaring entertainment.”--Publishers Weekly

From the living legend and award-winning author of Hatchet comes a laugh-out-loud eco-adventure about a boy, his free-thinking dad and the puppy-training pamphlet that turns their summer upside down.

Twelve-year-old Carl is fed up with his dad; he may be brilliant, but bin-diving for food, scouring through rubbish for 'salvageable' junk and wearing clothes fully sourced from garage sales is getting old. Increasingly worried by what his schoolmates will think – and encouraged by his riotous best friend – Carl decides to use a puppy-training pamphlet to 'retrain' his dad’s mindset . . . a crackpot experiment that produces some hilarious results!

How To Train Your Dad is a fierce and funny novel about family, friendship and green-living from middle-grade master Gary Paulsen.

Wer sich hinter eine Kuh stellt, ist für die Folgen selbst verantwortlich ...

So etwas wie die Larsons und ihre Farm hat der 11-jährige Erzähler noch nicht gesehen. Bei ihnen soll er eine Zeit lang leben, weil seine Eltern sich nicht kümmern können. Hier auf der Larsons-Farm geht es ziemlich verrückt zu: Man steht nicht nur mitten in der Nacht auf, um Kühe zu melken und Butter zu machen, nein, man muss sich vor dem geistesgestörten Hahn, der riesigen Miezekatze (einem halbwüchsigen Luchs) und der sehr eigenwilligen Kuh Vivian in Acht nehmen. Und da ist Harris, der nur ein paar Jahre jüngere Cousin. Der ist ein echter Chaot, todesmutig und voller Blödsinn im Kopf. Die beiden Jungs reiten im Schlamm auf den Schweinen, frisieren das Fahrrad zur über den Hof düsenden Rakete um und pinkeln gegen Stromzäune. Echte Freunde werden sie, mit Bauchkrämpfen vor Lachen und Hühnerkacke im Gesicht.