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Gary Paulsen - Published 1987

I  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gary Paulsen was born May 17, 1939 in Minneapolis, Minnesota shortly after his father, a career-army officer, left for duty in war-torn Europe. He spent the years of World War II partly with his mother in Chicago (who worked in a munitions factory) and partly with relatives in Minnesota. Paulsen did not meet his father until 1946 when he and his mother were reunited with his father in the Philippines. He spent his adolescence as an 'army brat,' moving frequently, staying no longer than five months in any school, and often spent long periods with relatives such as a grandmother or an aunt.