WOODSONG

WOODSONG A LIFE AS EXCITING AS FICTIONGary Paulsen, three-time Newbery Honor author, is no stranger to adventure. He has flown off the back of a dogsled & down a frozen waterfall to near disaster, & waited for a giant bear to seal his fate with one slap of a claw. He has led a team of sled dogs toward the Alaskan Mountain Range in an Iditarod -- the grueling, 1,180-mile dogsled race -- hallucinating from lack of sleep, but he determined to finish.Here, in vivid detail, Paulsen recounts several of the remarkable experiences that shaped his life & inspired his award-winning writing.A School Library Journal Best BookA Booklist Editors' Choice ISBN: 1-4169-3939-3 publish date: 10/15/2007