Canyons, Gary Paulsen
Canyons, Gary Paulsen
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Canyons

Author: Gary Paulsen

Narrator: Peter Coyote

Abridged: 2 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2000


Synopsis

Two boys, separated by the canyons of time and two vastly different cultures, face the challenges by which they will become men.
Coyote Runs, an Apache boy, takes part in his first raid. But he is to be a man for only a short time.
More than a hundred years later, while camping near Dog Canyon, 15-year-old Brennan Cole becomes obsessed with a skull that he finds, pierced by a bullet. He learns that it is the skull of an Apache boy executed by soldiers in 1864. A mystical link joins Brennan and Coyote Runs, and Brennan knows that neither boy will find peace until Coyote Runs' skull is carried back to an ancient sacred place.
In a grueling journey through the canyon to return the skull, Brennan confronts the challenge of his life.

About The Author

Gary Paulsen is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people, including three Newbery Honor Books: The Winter Room, Hatchet, and Dogsong. His most recent Delacorte books are The Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer and Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chantal on February 17, 2020

This book is a great adventure story. I liked it very much even though it is written for young adults. It has a great story in it and I couldn't put it down, I needed to know what the end would be. This book is one of the better written books by Gary Paulsen. Fast read for a Sunday afternoon!......more

Goodreads review by Josiah on May 17, 2018

Two narratives, more than a hundred years apart from each other, unite in this lightly mystical novel that shows peace can find a person even after hope seems lost. Coyote Runs (an Apache living in 1864) and Brennan Cole (living in America of the late twentieth century) are both in their mid-teens.......more

Goodreads review by Kade on August 26, 2022

I recall reading this many years ago when I was younger, so I wanted a refresher. It starts off a tad confusing ot be fair. This story follows a native american boy by the name of Coyote Runs. The second part of the story follows another boy named Brennan who is trying to accept a new step dad. The......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on March 07, 2011

Paulsen is normally a good writer. I'm not sure what was going on in this book. While I enjoy many of his tales, this one just didn't do it for me and the writing was kind of haphazard. The story tells the tale of two different boys. One is Coyote Runs who has been invited to his first raid and takes......more

Goodreads review by Karen on May 30, 2017

Two 14-year-old boys living a century apart. Coyote Runs is an Apache boy yearning to be a man. To do this he must be included on a raid. The day comes when he is included on a raid into Mexico to steal horses. Brennan barely remembers his father. He feels estranged from his mother and from most of li......more


Quotes

"Paulsen involves readers so deeply in the lives of both characters...hat the whole becomes a compelling and dramatic experience that is powerful stuff...New and unforgettable."
--School Library Journal

"[A] deft and thought-provoking adventure novel."
--Booklist


Awards

  • Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award
  • Texas Bluebonnet Master List