OTHER BOOKS BY GARY PAULSEN

■ HATCHET: Fiction, 1986. Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is the sole survivor of a plane crash in the wilderness. He learns skills necessary to make it on his own, learning to use the hatchet his mother gifted him. The book was awarded a 1988 Newbery Honor.

■ WINTERDANCE: Non-fiction, 1994. Paulsen’s novel of competing in the Iditarod sled-dog race. He chronicles he and his dog’s 17-day journey through the Alaskan wilderness fighting through weather, moose attacks and other perils.