Popcorn Days & Buttermilk Nights

Name: Popcorn Days & Buttermilk Nights
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Gary Paulsen
ISBN: 9781469241241

Author: Gary Paulsen

Narrator: Luke Daniels

Unabridged: 2 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 08/20/2012

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

Carley would rather have been anywhere but here: a town deep in Minnesota’s farm country, with nothing plentiful except poverty. Still, staying with his Uncle David and his family was better than reform school – which was where Carley was heading. Something was eating away at him, making him do crazy things. No one could understand why – least of all Carley himself. But then David took Carley to his blacksmith forge. And under the grim nights and days of the Minnesota fall, under the glow of hot steel, and the most exhausting work he had ever known, Carley began to see a way to shape his life.

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

Several Gary Paulsen novels, including Dancing Carl and The Winter Room, feel similar to Popcorn Days & Buttermilk Nights. They're short books, usually around a hundred pages. There's a lot going on beneath the surface, wisdom to be inferred that's never stated outright. I tend to finish these books......more

Goodreads review by Joy

Exactly as you'd expect from this amazing author, an outstanding, excellent little book about Carley's life as a troubled 16-year-old, sent to his uncle's farm. Wonderful, and a great choice for reluctant readers.......more

Goodreads review by Melody

A story full of life. This isn't just historical fiction; this is about the protagonist and the positive change that occurs inside of him. Though set in the past, Carley was behaving like some youth of today - hanging out on street corners, rudely commenting on people, and engaging in destructive beh......more

Goodreads review by Emily

This was a delightful little book. I had a bit of a problem suspending my disbelief that a troubled 14 year old from the city would move to the country with such an easy transition. Even his “bad” incident of acting out is relatively mild in comparison to things he’s done in the city. But, nature an......more