Fishbones Song, Gary Paulsen
Fishbones Song, Gary Paulsen
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Fishbone's Song

Author: Gary Paulsen

Narrator: Fred Sanders

Unabridged: 2 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/27/2016


Synopsis

An orphan reflects on the lessons he was taught by the wise old man who raised him in this lyrical novel that reads like poetry from three-time Newbery Honor–winning author Gary Paulsen.

Deep in the woods, in a rustic cabin, lives an old man and the boy he’s raised as his own. This sage old man has taught the boy the power of nature and how to live in it, and more importantly, to respect it. In Fishbone’s Song, this boy reminisces about the magic of the man who raised him and the tales that he used to tell—all true, but different each time.

About Gary Paulsen

Gary Paulsen (1931–2021) was one of the most honored writers of contemporary literature for young readers, author of three Newbery Honor titles, Dogsong, Hatchet, and The Winter Room. He wrote over 100 books for adults and young readers. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lovely Day on August 31, 2023

3⭐️ Back in the old south, a homeless, vagabond-type man finds a box with an infant inside. Taking the baby and the box ‘home’ with him (as it’s a quality box) he cares for the infant the best he can, while not expecting it to survive. The baby boy DOES survive and is existentially reminiscing through......more

Goodreads review by Josiah on October 25, 2017

After hundreds of books in a career spanning fifty years by the time Fishbone's Song came out in 2016, it was apparent that storytelling about life in nature is what Gary Paulsen does best. Stories about people living outdoors among animals, learning the cadence of the natural world's wisdom. Gary P......more

Goodreads review by Melody on January 08, 2017

More existential musings than a plot driven children's book - what is real, what is memory, how time impacts both - teens, young adults and really old adults will enjoy this more than kids, with no life experience of the woods, fishing, hunting, etc. I loved the part where the boy spent time watching......more

Goodreads review by Hapzydeco on October 20, 2016

This is a stand-alone book for three-time Newbery Honor–winning author Gary Paulsen. Here Paulsen wanes poetic as an elderly guardian, Fishbone, tells "story-songs" to an unnamed narrator. While this eloquent novel seems to address the child in each of us, this work might best be read as a readaloud......more

Goodreads review by Shauna on April 24, 2016

I don't know who the actual audience is. Beautiful writing though.......more