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Gary Paulsen is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people, including three Newbery Honor books: The Winter Room, , and . He won the Margaret A. Edwards Award given by the American Library Association for his lifetime achievement in young adult literature. Among his Random House books are Road Trip (written with his son, Jim Paulsen); Family Ties ; Vote ; Crush ; Flat Broke ; Liar, Liar ; Paintings from the Cave ; ; Masters of Disaster ; Lawn Boy ; Notes from the Dog ; The Amazing Life of Birds ; Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day ; How Angel Peterson Got His Name ; Guts ; and five books about Francis Tucket's adventures in. Read More. DUNC AND THE FLAMING GHOST Written by Gary Paulsen eBook. Dunc’s not afraid of ghosts, although Amos is sure that the old Rambridge house is haunted by the ghost of Blackbeard the Pirate. 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Best friends for life Dunc Culpepper and Amos Binder are at it again. Some older residents of their town have been bilked by con artists, and the two boys want to look into these crimes. They meet elderly Betsy Dell, whose nasty nephew Frank gives the boys the creeps. Then they. Read More. DUNC BREAKS THE RECORD Written by Gary Paulsen eBook. Best friends for life Dunc and Amos have a small problem when they try hang gliding—they crash in the wilderness. Luckily, Amos has read a book about a boy who survived in the wilderness for 54 days. Too bad Amos doesn’t have a hatchet. Things go from bad to worse when. Read More. DUNC GETS TWEAKED Written by Gary Paulsen eBook. Best friends Dunc and Amos meet up with a new buddy named Lash when they enter the radical world of skateboard competition. When somebody “cops”—or steals—Lash’s prototype skateboard, the boys are determined to get it back. After all, Lash is about to shoot for a totally rad world’s record! Along the. Read More. DUNC'S DOLL Written by Gary Paulsen eBook. Dunc Culpepper and his accident-prone friend, Amos, are up to their old sleuthing habits once again. This time they’re after a band of doll thieves! When a doll that once belonged to Charles Dickens’s daughter is stolen from an exhibition at the local mall, the two boys put on their detective. Read More. DUNC'S DUMP Written by Gary Paulsen eBook. Polluters are putting toxic waste in the school dumpster. Dunc and Amos set out to find these environmental criminals, and Amos even begins to glow in the dark. Read More. DUNC'S HALLOWEEN Written by Gary Paulsen eBook. Dunc and his best friend, Amos, are planning the best route to get the most candy on Halloween. But their plans change when Amos is slightly bitten by a werewolf. he begins scratching himself and chasing UPS trucks: He's become a werepuppy! Read More. DUNC'S UNDERCOVER CHRISTMAS Written by Gary Paulsen eBook. It's Christmastime! And Dunc, Amos, and Amos's cousin, T.J., hit the mall for some serious shopping. But when the seasonal magic is threatened by some disappearing presents and Santa Claus himself is a prime suspect, the boys put their celebration on hold and go undercover in the perfect Christmas disguises. Can. Read More. Escape from Fire Mountain Written by Gary Paulsen eBook. Thirteen-year-old Nikki Roberts tries to help two children trapped by a forest fire but finds her efforts blocked by poachers who want her to become one of the fire's victims. Read More. Escape from Fire Mountain Written by Gary Paulsen Trade Paperback. Thirteen-year-old Nikki Roberts tries to help two children trapped by a forest fire but finds her efforts blocked by poachers who want her to become one of the fire's victims. But after a shocking turn of events, the fire becomes the least of Nikki's problems. Will Nikki's horse, Goblin, and her. Read More. Family Ties Written by Gary Paulsen Trade Paperback. Family fun takes center stage in three-time Newbery Honor winner Gary Paulsen’s hilarious novel for middle-school boys. Kevin Spencer is the glue that holds his family together. When his wacky relatives decide to have a double wedding in the backyard, Kevin takes charge. Planning two weddings is a great way to. Family Ties Written by Gary Paulsen eBook. Family fun takes center stage in three-time Newbery Honor winner Gary Paulsen’s hilarious novel for middle-school boys. Kevin Spencer is the glue that holds his family together. When his wacky relatives decide to have a double wedding in the backyard, Kevin takes charge. Planning two weddings is a great way to. Father Water, Mother Woods Written by Gary Paulsen and Ruth Wright Paulsen eBook. Survival in the wilderness--Gary Paulsen writes about it so powerfully in his novels Hatchet and The River because he's lived it. These essays recount his adventures alone and with friends, along the rivers and in the woods of northern Minnesota. There, fishing and hunting are serious business, requiring skill, secrets, and inspiration. Read More. Father Water, Mother Woods Written by Gary Paulsen and Ruth Wright Paulsen Paperback. Survival in the wilderness--Gary Paulsen writes about it so powerfully in his novels Hatchet and The River because he's lived it. These essays recount his adventures alone and with friends, along the rivers and in the woods of northern Minnesota. There, fishing and hunting are serious business, requiring skill, secrets, and inspiration. Read More. Field Trip Written by Gary Paulsen and Jim Paulsen Trade Paperback. Father-and-son writing team Gary and Jim Paulsen pick up where their Road Trip left off. Ben has been invited to try out for a special hockey academy. But Dad wants Ben to catch up to the school field trip instead. So Ben, Dad, and their dogs, Atticus and Conor, jump into. Read More. Field Trip Written by Gary Paulsen and Jim Paulsen eBook. Father-and-son writing team Gary and Jim Paulsen pick up where their Road Trip left off. Ben has been invited to try out for a special hockey academy. But Dad wants Ben to catch up to the school field trip instead. So Ben, Dad, and their dogs, Atticus and Conor, jump into. Read More. Flat Broke Written by Gary Paulsen Trade Paperback. Kevin struggled to overcome his knack for lying in Liar, Liar, but now Kev is broke, and he's got to find a way to make money. He's in for another round of mayhem and misunderstandings in this financial comedy of errors. In Kevin, Gary Paulsen has created an appealing teen boy. Read More. Flat Broke Written by Gary Paulsen eBook. Kevin struggled to overcome his knack for lying in Liar, Liar, and now he's back for another round of mayhem and misunderstandings in this financial comedy of errors. In Kevin, Gary Paulsen has created an appealing teen boy character who is just as human and fallible as his readers. Read More. Written by Gary Paulsen eBook. When Andy Hawkes's parents are tragically killed by a hit-and-run driver, Andy is sent to live with his mysterious grandfather. Andy has only met Grandfather Hawkes once, at his parents' funeral. The old man seemed frail and sickly, and a little bit weird. But Andy soon finds out his grandfather isn't. Read More. The Glass Cafe Written by Gary Paulsen eBook. THE STORY IS all true and happened to me and is mine. Tony’s mom, Al, is a terrific single mother who works as a dancer at the Kitty Kat Club. Twelve-year-old Tony is a budding artist, inspired by backstage life at the club. When some of his drawings end up in an. Read More. The Gorgon Slayer Written by Gary Paulsen eBook. A horrid shriek erupted from behind the stairs, and clammy, leathery wings exploded into Warren’s face. He slammed his eyes shut and beat the Gorgon off, hearing Rick’s sword swish through empty air. Warren dove back, rolled on his shoulder, and came up clear, his sword slicing in every direction… With his. Read More. Written by Gary Paulsen eBook. Justin McCallister loves life on his aunt and uncle's Montana sheep ranch. until a grizzly bear begins terrorizing the livestock, injuring Justin's collie, Radar, and killing his pet lamb, Blue. Justin decides to take matters into his own hands and sets out to track down the bear. But things become more dangerous. Read More. Guts Written by Gary Paulsen Paperback. Guess what -- Gary Paulsen was being kind to Brian. In Guts , Gary tells the real stories behind the Brian books, the stories of the adventures that inspired him to write Brian Robeson's story: working as an emergency volunteer; the death that inspired the pilot's death in Hatchet ; plane crashes he. Read More. About Random House Website Services Shopping Ordering Info: Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use. Copyright © 1995-2010 Random House LLC. All rights reserved. Duncan Culpepper Books In Order. The Duncan Culpepper series is a series of children’s novels written by the well known American novelist Gary Paulsen. This series was a long running series written by Gary and comprised of a total of 32 novels that were published between the years 1992 and 1997. All the novels of the series feature the main characters in the form of Duncan Culpepper and his best friend named Amos. Throughout the series, the author has given the descriptions about their numerous adventures. The series all became famous with the name Culpepper Adventures. Author Gary Paulsen began writing the series in the year 1992 and completed the initial 5 to 6 novels in the same year. The initial novels were purchased and published by the Yearling publishing house. Author Gary finally concluded the series after writing and publishing 32 novels in the series. He has also included a special novel in the series as a token of appreciation for his readers and fans. Gary Paulsen has written the series in such a way that it can be read in any order as each novel of the series follows a different and independent storyline from the other novels. Over the course of the series, Duncan Culpepper and Amos keep getting involved in some or the other activities which seem to be too dangerous. But, they do not feel afraid of the dangers as they enjoy the adventurous journeys that follow. In the first novel of the series, the two friends face troubles by an old parrot. When they investigate about the bird, they come to know that it has outlived around 10 owners and is well versed with 4 languages. The events that follow after their encounter with the parrot make them realize that the parrot was not an ordinary one and they needed to act in a smarter way in order to get over it. In the next novel of the series, Amos and Duncan Culpepper get involved in researching about the CIvil War after being sent back to the time of the year 1962. This makes them experience the events of the Civil War as it happens. This is followed by another adventure in the life of Duncan Culpepper when he tries to search the stolen skateboard of one of his other friends named Lash. The skateboard of Lash was a prototype and gets stolen just before the start of the skating competition. Duncan Culpepper and Lash decide to get together in order to get the skateboard back before the competition starts. The next novel of the series shows Duncan Culpepper, getting back together with his best friend Amos once again. Both of them try to collect as much candy as possible during the Halloween. While doing so, Amos gets bitten by a werewolf and turns into a werepuppy. Duncan strives to get Amos back to his original condition and catch the werewolf that had bitten Amos. After that, Amos and Duncan Culpepper go on an adventure that happens in the wilderness. When they read about the adventure in a book, they found it too easy. But, when they actually experience it, they get caught by a wild man. The two try to make attempts to escape from the clutches of the wild man. This way, they often get involved in one or the other adventure throughout the course of the series. Author Gary Paulsen has very well described the happenings in the lives of Duncan Culpepper and Amos which allows the readers to read and enjoy the books of the series very easily. The first novel of the Duncan Culpepper series was published in the year 1992 by the Yearling publishing house. It was called ‘The Case of the Dirty Bird’. The plot of this novel introduces the central characters of the series, Amos and Duncan Culpepper. In the opening sequence of the plot of the novel, Amos and Dunc come across an old parrot in a pet store. After their encounter with the parrot, they do not seem to be much impressed with it. They are informed that the parrot is capable of speaking 4 different languages, but still Dunc and Amos do not like the bird very much. Then they are told that the parrot has outlived more than 10 owners in its lifetime and is over 150 years old. Still, Amos and Duncan Culpepper do not seem to be paying attention towards the special bird. After a little while, the parrot begins to speak about the hidden treasure that his previous owners used to talk about. The news of buried treasures makes Dunc and Amos turn immediately towards the parrot. They begin to take good care of it in order to make it speak about the place where the treasures were hidden. With a lot of struggle and hard work, they finally become successful in making the parrot speak about the treasures. This takes them to an interesting dangerous adventure which is full twists and turns at every point. One of the other initial novel of the Duncan Culpepper series was published by the Yearling publishing house in the same year. It was titled ‘Dunc Breaks the Record’. The plot of this novel once again deals with one of the adventures of Amos and Duncan Culpepper. In the opening sequence of the plot of the novel, they are shown by the author as trying to experience hang gliding. The two best friends seem to have some sort of navigation problem that causes them to crash land in the wilderness. Luckily for them, Amos had read the adventure book Hatchet, which was about a boy who had survived the same situation as theirs for a period of 54 and had come out alive after a lot of struggle. While reading the book, the struggle seemed to be very easy to Amos and Duncan, but when they actually experienced it, they felt that it was too hard for them. Also, they did not have a hatchet like the one that the boy had in the book, with the help of which he survived the difficulties of the wilderness. To make matters worse for them, they forced to face the dangerously dark nights and eat the meager quality food available in the wilderness. Soon, they meet a wild man who captures them and keeps them captive for very long. Eventually, Duncan Culpepper and Amos begin to feel that this adventure has taken a great toll on their mind and body, and has made them suffer a lot. Getting captured at the hands of the wild man was the worst part of their adventure in the wilderness. Gary Paulson. Gary James Paulsen (born May 17, 1939) [ 1 ] is an American writer of young adult literature, best known for coming of age stories about the wilderness. He is the author of more than 200 books, more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens. [ 2 ] Contents. Biography. Gary Paulsen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where his extended family resided, to Oscar and Eunice H. (née Moen), [ 1 ] Paulsen has two siblings: a full sister, Paulette, and a half brother Bill who was born to his father from a previous marriage. His father was a career Army officer, on Patton's staff, who spent most of World War II overseas. Gary did not meet his father until he was 9 years old. He spent time throughout his childhood with his grandmother, aunts and various other relatives. [ 3 ] When he was seven he and his mother joined his father in the Philippines where he lived for two years. He then returned to Minnesota. At the age of 14, Gary ran away and joined a carnival. [ 4 ] Paulsen has written some fragmented autobiographical works, such as Eastern Sun, Winter Moon: An Autobiographical Odyssey . The book, which is written in first person, begins when Paulsen was seven, living in Chicago with his mother. Paulsen described several traumatic occurrences that transpired during the three years that are chronicled by the book. For example, one day while his mother was napping, Gary sneaked outside to play. There a vagrant snatched him and apparently attempted to molest him, but his mother suddenly appeared on the scene and beat the man to death. Paulsen reported his mother's many adulterous affairs in Eastern Sun , suggesting that the man he called "father" was not really his biologic father. He also discussed his mother's alcoholism. He told how she would bring him to a bar and had him sing for his supper, even though she had an income from her work in an ammunitions factory, and he felt there was no need for this. When World War II ended, Gary's father sent for him and his mother to come join him in the Philippines, where he was stationed. A great part of the book is dedicated to the voyage by naval vessel to the Philippines. During the trip, Gary witnessed a plane crash. He, his mother, and the people who were also being transported on this ship, looked on as many of the airplane’s passengers were killed or maimed by the sharks who would follow the ship consuming waste. His mother, the only woman aboard, helped the corpsman care for the surviving victims. After arriving in Hawaii, according to Paulsen, his mother began an affair with the ship's corpsman. [ 3 ] Gary and his mother arrived in Manila where he met his father for the first time. He quickly realized that he would not have a close relationship with the man whom he felt he did not resemble nor relate to, who never referred to him as anything except "the boy" and who, like Gary's mother, was an alcoholic. Gary's family had two servants while they lived on the Army base in Manila, a man named Rom, and a woman named Maria. Gary shared a room with Maria and before long, the woman, who had endured multiple rapes at the hands of the formally occupying Japanese, began to molest Gary. He claimed in the book that this happened quite often, nearly every night, until he left Manila. While living in Manila, Gary's parents continued to drink heavily. His mother also continued to have affairs. Gary walked in on his mother frequently to find her in sexual encounters with men other than the man he referred to as "father". Also, while Gary was in the Philippines he had a close brush with death when he nearly went over a dam while wading. [ 3 ] The accounts in Eastern Sun ended when Gary and his mother left Manila. Bits and pieces of Gary's adolescence can be pieced together in Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books . In that book, Paulsen discussed the ways in which he survived between the ages of twelve and fourteen back in Minnesota. He barely mentioned his parents except to say that they were too busy being drunk to stock the refrigerator. He worked several jobs during this time, including setting pins at the bowling alley, delivering newspapers and working as a farm hand. He bought his own school supplies and a rifle, which he used to hunt for sustenance. Eventually, he gave up and manufactured his own bow and arrows which he used to hunt deer. [ 5 ] Much of what is known about Gary Paulsen's life is revealed in prologues and epilogues of his own books. In Gary Paulsen's book The Quilt , one of a series of three books based on summers spent with his grandmother, Paulsen told about what a tremendous influence his grandmother had on him. It is difficult to say how factual an autobiography The Quilt is intended to be, as Paulsen is supposed to have been six years old in this story and yet he made references to events found in Eastern Sun , which is supposed to have been set later. He also refers to himself, in this book, in third person and only as "the boy". [ 6 ] Paulsen has been married twice and has three adult children, Lance, Lynn and James Paulsen. Early in his adult life he had issues with alcoholism. He also lived in poverty through most of his early adult life. He had several jobs including that of magazine editor. He also did a tour in the Army. He struggled as a writer for decades. One of his earliest published books was titled "Some Birds Don't Fly", a comic rendition of his time working at the government missile range, White Sands, New Mexico. In 1966, a book was published under the title The Special War . Paulsen worked at construction while writing to support himself. It was not until the publication of his first award winning book, Dogsong, in 1985 that Paulsen began to experience success. Even though Paulsen is now a successful author, he says he chooses to live in relative poverty. He reportedly lives with his wife, Ruth, who illustrates children's literature, in La Luz, New Mexico. (ALA reported Tulavosa, New Mexicot in 1997.) [ 2 ] He also spends some time living on a house boat on the Pacific Ocean. In 1983, Paulsen entered the 1,150-mile (1,850 km) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, and placed 41st [ 7 ] out of 54 finishers, with an official time of 17 days, 12 hours, 38 minutes, and 38 seconds. In 1990, suffering from heart disease, Paulsen made the decision to give up dog sledding, which he described as the most difficult decision he has ever made. Paulsen would spend more than a decade sailing the Pacific before getting back into dog sledding in 2003. According to his keynote speech on October 13, 2007, at the Sinclair Lewis writing conference in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, he still intended to compete in the Iditarod. He is listed in the "Withdrawn/Scratched" section of the 1985 and 2006 Iditarod. Paulsen is an outdoorsman (a hunter and trapper), who maintains a 40-acre (160,000 m 2 ) spread north of Willow, Alaska, where he breeds and trains sled dogs for the Iditarod. Much of Paulsen's work features the outdoors and highlights the importance of nature. He often uses "coming of age" themes in his novels, where a character masters the art of survival in isolation as a rite of passage to manhood and maturity. He is critical of technology and has been called a Luddite. [ 8 ] The Hatchet series, or Brian's Saga, five novels published from 1987 to 2003, comprises some of Paulsen's best known work. Dogsong (1985), The Winter Room (1989), and (1993) are three others of his many popular novels. (1990) and (1994) are among the most popular books about the Iditarod. The ALA Margaret Edwards Award recognizes one writer and a particular body of work for "significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature". Paulsen won the annual award in 1997, when the panel cited six books published from 1983 to 1990: Dancing Carl , Hatchet (first in the series), The Crossing , The Winter Room , , and Woodsong . The citation noted that "[t]he theme of survival is woven throughout, whether it is living through a plane crash or living in an abusive, alcoholic household" and emphasized Hatchet in particular for "encompass[ing] a survival theme in all its aspects, physical as well as psychological" [ 2 ] Three of Paulsen's books were runners-up for the Newbery Medal, the premier ALA annual book award for children's literature: Dogsong , Hatchet , and The Winter Room . [ 9 ] (The American Library Association distinguishes children's and young-adult literature in its awards for lifetime contribution from 1988; in its annual book awards only since inauguration of the Printz Award in 2000.)