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Dogsong is a 1985 young adult novel by Gary Paulsen and is a Newbery Honor Book. It is about a fourteen-year-old Eskimo, Russel Susskit, who is searching for answers about his life that he cannot find. His father could not tell him the answers--but a blind old man named Oogruk, sets him in the right direction. Disillusioned with modern life-such as snowmobiles and cooking meat-and his people losing tradition, Russel sets out on a quest in order to find himself, and the "old ways" of his people.
Inspired by the Eskimo shaman Oogruk, Russel Suskitt takes a dog team and sled to escape the modern ways of his village and to find his own "song" of himself. He travels across ice floes, tundra, and mountains, haunted along the way by a dream of a long-ago self whose adventures parallel his own. Reality melds with the dream when, to save himself and a pregnant Eskimo girl he has rescued named Nancy, he must kill a polar bear in the ancient way learned in the dream.
It is a rigorous journey for the boy and his team of dogs, but in a combination of wills, their spirits soar as one to survive in this unforgettable run toward self-discovery.
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Works by Gary Paulsen |
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| Brian's saga |
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| Murphy series |
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| Alida's series |
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| Culpepper Adventures |
The Case of the Dirty Bird · Dunc's Doll · Culpepper's Cannon · Dunc Gets Tweaked · Dunc's Halloween · Dunc Breaks the Record · Dunc and the Flaming Ghost · Amos Gets Famous · Dunc and Amos Hit the Big Top · Dunc's Dump · Dunc and the Scam Artists · Dunc and Amos and the Red Tattoos · Dunc's Undercover Christmas · Wild Culpepper Cruise · Dunc and the Haunted Castle · Cowpokes and Desperadoes · Prince Amos · Coach Amos · Amos and the Alien · Dunc and Amos Meet the Slasher · Dunc and the Greased Sticks of Doom · Amos's Killer Concert Caper · Amos Gets Married · Amos Goes Bananas · Dunc and Amos Go to the Dogs · Amos and the Vampire · Amos and the Chameleon Caper · Amos Binder, Secret Agent · Dunc and Amos on Thin Ice · Super Amos · Amos Meets the Slasher
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| Nightjohn series |
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| The Tucket Adventures |
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| World of Adventure |
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| Tales to Tickle the Funnybone |
The Boy Who Owned the School · Harris and Me · The Schernoff Discoveries · The Glass Cafe · The Amazing Life of Birds · Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day · Lawn Boy
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| Other books |
The Special War · Some Birds Don't Fly · Chance for Escape · The Death Specialists · The Implosion Effect · C. B. Jockey · The Golden Stick · Tiltawhirl John · The C. B. Radio Caper · Foxman · Winterkill · The Curse of the Cobra · The Green Recruit · The Spitball Gang · Compkill · The Sweeper · Campkill · Clutterkill · Dancing Carl · Popcorn Days and Buttermilk Nights · Tracker · Dogsong · Sentries · The Crossing · The Island · Night Rituals · The Voyage of the Frog · The Winter Room · Canyons · Kill Fee · The Night the White Deer Died · The Monument · Clabbered Dirt, Sweet Grass · Tasting the Thunder · The Haymeadow · A Christmas Sonata · Dogteam · The Fourteenth Summer · The Car · The Tent · The Tortilla Factory · The Rifle · Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers · Worksong · Ice Race · The Transall Saga · Soldier's Heart · Blue Light · Canoe Days · The Beet Fields · The White Fox Chronicles · The Time Hackers · The Legend of Bass Reeves
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The Grass-Eaters: Real Animals · The Small Ones · Hitting, Pitching, and Running · Martin Luther King: The Man Who Climbed the Mountain · Dribbling, Shooting, and Scoring · Careers in an Airport · Tackling, Running, and Kicking · Riding, Roping, and Bulldogging · Farm: A History And Celebration of the American Farmer · Running, Jumping, and Throwing · Successful Home Repair: When Not to Call the Contractor · Forehanding and Backhanding · Hiking and Backpacking · Downhill, Hotdogging and Cross-Country · Facing Off, Checking and Goaltending · Launching, Floating High and Landing · Pummeling, Falling and Getting Up-Sometimes · Track, Enduro and Motocross · Canoeing, Kayacking, and Rafting · Going Very Fast in a Circle · Athletics: Focus On Sport · Ice Hockey: Focus On Sport · Motor Cycling: Focus On Sport · Motor Racing: Focus On Sport · Skiing: Focus On Sport · Tennis: Focus On Sport · T.V. and Movie Animals · Money Saving Home Repair Guide: Successful Home Improvement Series · Sailing: From Jibs to Jibing · Beat the System: A Survival Guide · The Madonna Stories · Woodsong · Full of Hot Air: Launching, Floating High, And Landing · A Guide for Using Hatchet in the Classroom · Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod · Father Water, Mother Woods · Eastern Sun, Winter Moon: An Autobiographical Odyssey · My Life in Dog Years · Pilgrimage on a Steel Ride: A Memoir of Men and Motorcycles · All Aboard: Stories from Big Books · Zero to Sixty: A Motorcycle Journey Through Midlife · Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books · Caught by the Sea · How Angel Petersen Got His Name
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