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The Winter Room is a short novel by Newbery Honor award winning author Gary Paulsen, intended for children from ages 9 to 12. It is a mythical story about Vikings, elves, but primarily logging, narrated in the first person to two boys by their Norwegian uncle in the "winter room" of a farm in northern Minnesota (U.S.). Like many of his works, it evokes a harsh rural environment using vivid imagery, and has elements of a coming of age tale.
According to Hurst[1], it is a "brief, intense novel with incredible descriptive scenes" (n.d.), and Schmitz rates it as one of Paulsen's best[2].
[edit] Release details
- 1989, USA, Scholastic Press (ISBN 0-531-05839-5), Pub date ? September 1989, hardback (1st edition)
- 1989, USA, Orchard Books (ISBN 0-531-08439-6), Pub date ? October 1989, hardback
- 1996, USA, Yearling Books (ISBN 0-440-40454-1), Pub date ? July 1996, paperback
- 1991, USA, Perfection Learning Prebound (ISBN 0-7807-0416-9), Pub date ? September 1991, hardback
- 1991, USA, Bantam Doubleday Dell (ISBN 0-440-80228-8), Pub date ? April 1991, paperback
- 1995, USA, Yearling Books (ISBN 99954-61-53-6), Pub date ? February 1995, paperback
- 1996, ?, Laurel Leaf (ISBN 0-440-22031-9), Pub date 2 May 1996, paperback
- 1998, ?, Laurel Leaf (ISBN 0-440-22783-6), Pub date ? December 1998, paperback
- 1999, ?, Rebound by Sagebrush (ISBN 0-8335-6149-9), Pub date ? October 1999, hardback
- 2005, USA, Thorndike Press (ISBN 0-7862-7251-1), Pub date 16 February 2005, hardback (large print edition)
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Hurst, n.d., para. 1.
- ^ Schmitz, 1994, para. 3.
[edit] References
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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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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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