The Foxman

by Gary Paulsen

Overview

From the recipient of the Newbery Honor award for his contemporary classic, Hatchet, comes another page-turning, heart-stopping adventure.

Carl and his cousin are lost and getting desperate when they find a shack hidden in the woods. It’s their only chance for shelter—but who could be living way out here? Then they see the Foxman. As he welcomes the boys, he grabs his mask—too late to hide his hideously mutilated face. Carl accepts his welcome, but is eager to leave the next morning. His cousin, however, will come back. There’s something about the Foxman he must know—about the tragedy that should have destroyed him, and the mystery of the wilderness that keeps him alive.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140343113
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	05/01/1990
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.07(w) x 7.64(h) x 0.53(d)
Lexile:	1000L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

About the Author

Gary Paulsen is one of the most honored writers of contemporary literature for young readers. He has written more than one hundred book for adults and young readers, and is the author of three Newberry Honor titles: Dogsong, Hatchet, and The Winter Room. He divides his time among Alaska, New Mexico, Minnesota, and the Pacific.

Editorial Reviews

The narrator, now grown, remembers a boyhood winter spent in the silent, northern forests when he ran a trap line with his cousin. One day the boys are caught in a howling storm and are saved by a hermit who hides his face behind a mask. The narrator is repelled by this old trapper, “The Foxman,” and, at the same time, is drawn to seek him out. Johnny Heller reads this gripping, coming-of-age tale quietly and with great restraint. His intense tone matches the inner voice of the narrator. Paulsen has written a story charged with emotion and filled with powerful descriptive passages and drama. Heller’s performance conveys all of that, as well as the pain, loss and love of two solitary souls. L.R.S. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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