How Angel Peterson Got His Name, Gary Paulsen
How Angel Peterson Got His Name, Gary Paulsen
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How Angel Peterson Got His Name
And Other Outrageous Tales about Extreme Sports

Author: Gary Paulsen

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 2 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 01/20/2011

Categories: Young Adult Fiction

Synopsis

WHEN YOU GROW up in a small town in the north woods, you have to make your own excitement. High spirits, idiocy, and showing off for the girls inspire Gary Paulsen and his friends to attempt:• Shooting waterfalls in a barrel• The first skateboarding• Breaking the world record for speed on skis by being towed behind a souped-up car, and then . . . hitting gravel• Jumping three barrels like motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel, except they only have bikes• Wrestling . . . a bear?Extreme sports lead to extreme fun in new tales from Gary’s boyhood.A New York Times Bestseller

About Gary Paulsen

Three-time Newbery-winning author Gary Paulsen, hailed as "one of the best-loved writers alive" by the New York Times, divides his time between his ranch in New Mexico, a sailboat on the Pacific Ocean, and his dog-kennel in Alaska. He's written over 200 books for young people, stories that have been embraced by readers of all ages.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josiah

How Angel Peterson Got His Name is one of many Gary Paulsen memoirs. Woodsong, My Life in Dog Years, and Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers are only three of the author's books about his own life that are considered among his finest works. Unlike most Paulsen memoirs, though, How Angel Peterson Got Hi......more

Goodreads review by Emma

This week I started and finished the book How Angle Peterson Got His Name by Gary Paulson. This book is about the childhood of Gary and his friends that end up doing some crazy things like fighting a bear, a real bear, for a minute just to impress a girl they all like bungee jumping through a wasps......more

Goodreads review by Relyn

I hadn't read this book since I taught fourth grade, which means at least six years ago. I remembered it as being hilarious. I wasn't disappointed. I love Paulsen's memoirs because they are always hilarious and believable even while making your eyes widen with incredulity and your breath catch a litt......more

Goodreads review by Jayden

this book was easy. so easy that it took me 2 hours. i Thought that this book was hilarious. I recommend it for people who want a very easy read or to laugh.......more

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