The Night the White Deer Died

Name: The Night the White Deer Died
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Gary Paulsen
ISBN: 9781490608518

Author: Gary Paulsen

Narrator: Mark Hammer

Unabridged: 2 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/14/2014

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

When Janet's parents divorce, the 15-year-old moved with her mother to the isolated artist colony in Tres Pinos, New Mexico. As the only Anglo girl in her class, Janet feels like an outsider. At night she dreams of an exquisite moonlit stream. On its banks a delicate doe gently sips from the cool waters. Then an Indian warrior appears, an almost poetic vision from a past tie with his bow drawn, ready to strike. Janet's first encounter with a local Indian proves to be anything but dramatic. Dirty and in desperate need of a drink, Billy Honcho doesn't meet a tourist's definition of an Indian brave-yet Janet feels inexplicably drawn to him. As they forge an unusual and dangerous relationship, Janet wonders if the old alcoholic Indian might actually be the warrior haunting her dreams? Nearly four million copies of Paulsen's young adult books are in print in the U.S. alone. Paulsen has been a teacher, trapper, soldier, actor, truck driver, satellite tracker, sailor, and an alcoholic-an unfortunate experience he brings to this splendid story of redemption.

About Gary Paulsen

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. He won the Margaret A. Edwards Award given by the American Library Association for his lifetime achievement in young adult literature. Paulsen has also published fiction and nonfiction for adults.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josiah on October 20, 2023

Gary Paulsen's early works differ somewhat from what he produced after his three Newbery Honor books, Dogsong (1986), Hatchet (1988), and The Winter Room (1990). There's an element of pagan spiritualism to many of Gary Paulsen's teen and middle-grade novels, but it was more obvious in his earlier bo......more

Goodreads review by Parris on September 16, 2014

Many years ago I read a review of this book by a school teacher. She said it was a horrible book and not fit for young people. In other words, she understood not a word of it. . . . The Night the White Deer Died is possibly the finest story I have ever read. What distinguishes this book/story from fu......more

Goodreads review by Jackalacka on May 14, 2018

I get the mystical fantasy, soul mates from different generations falling in love, sort of like Harold & Maude, but I'm wondering what anybody who is Hopi thinks of it. Did Paulsen interview members of the tribe? At one point, I cringed at a sentence that said that the main character was "speaking I......more

Goodreads review by Tony on June 03, 2015

Not one of my favorites by Gary Paulsen, but still a good read. It was written in a very poetic style that kept me drawn in. The book is more of a novella and didn't pick up till midway through but I still enjoyed it.......more

Goodreads review by Jacob on January 21, 2019

There was this guy named Zach and Zach had life really good. It was summertime and his mother and father were away on a business trip so he had the house all to himself for the whole summer. Zach worked at the public swimming pool as a lifeguard as a part time job. Zach would party all night with hi......more