Gone to the Woods
Surviving a Lost Childhood

Though Paulsen has alluded to having a very difficult childhood with alcoholic parents and told bits and pieces of his past in other books, in Gone to the Woods he tells much more. Though this book is considered middle-grade, I would probably put it closer to YA due to the mature content. Paulsen do......more

Gary Paulsen writes with stark reality, there is no softening around the edges. He writes about life exactly as he lived it and some scenes are quite gruesome. The story contains vivid descriptions of a train load of injured soldiers and also a frenzied shark attack on the passengers of a plane cras......more

This is a gripping and fascinating memoir of Gary Paulsen's life, adapted from his previously written account (Eastern Sun, Winter Moon: An Autobiographical Odyssey ) particularly for an older middle grade/YA audience. There are some disturbing situations that aren't really appropriate for younger m......more

While I expected this book to be interesting, I didn't expect to love it as much as I did. Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood is a memoir written in third person as almost an adventure story for a middle grade audience. It recounts key events in the childhood and adolescence of Gary Pauls......more

Thanks to #netgalley #garypaulsen for the advance copy of Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood During my first semester of library school, the first young adult book I read was Hatchet. This began a lasting fascination with action adventure and survival fiction. And Hatchet remains a steadfa......more