![]() ![]() Edwards Award for his lifetime contribution to young adult literature. He received the Newbery Honor, awarded to the best American children’s books, for each of the three books, and in 1997 was granted the Margaret A. And “The Winter Room,” published in 1989, tells the story of two boys living on a farm in northern Minnesota during a harsh winter. His 1985 book “Dogsong” follows a 14-year-old Eskimo boy who takes a sled dog team into the tundra and reconnects with his culture. His 1986 novel “Hatchet,” a mainstay of required reading in American schools, tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who must survive in the remote woods on his own with only a hatchet. ![]() ![]() Paulsen wrote over 200 books and some 200 articles and short stories over his career, and his best-known works focused on coming-of-age themes featuring boys fighting the harsh elements of nature. Gary Paulsen, the acclaimed young adult author known for his wilderness adventure novels “Hatchet,” “Dogsong,” and “The Winter Room,” died on Wednesday at age 82, according to the publishing company Penguin Random House. ![]()
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