Woods Runner

BOOK NAME: Woods Runner
AUTHOR: Gary Paulsen

This book is a good historical fiction because it has a lot of Revolutionary War facts and a lot of action combined into one book. After every chapter, Gary Paulsen picked one important fact about the Revolutionary War and it would usually be a fact on the chapter you just read. Gary Paulsen actually used all of the guns in the book to get the feeling of them for the story.

The book is about a 13-year-old boy named Samuel who loves hunting and lives in a cabin with his Mom and Dad. He was out hunting one day because he feels so calm and relaxed in the woods. But before he went out, one of his neighbors told him there was a war in Massachusetts. He turned back because he heard something behind him and he saw smoke. He thought of the British Army, and he sprinted back…

I’m not going to tell you the rest because I want you to get the book and read it, but it’s about adventure and survival.

I’ve written a review on another Gary Paulsen book: Hatchet. Woods Runner is Paulsen’s newest book. It was published in 2010. It’s different than Hatchet because it’s historical fiction and Hatchet doesn’t really have any history. In Woods Runner there are more characters than Hatchet where there’s really on Brian, the main character. Gary Paulsen also read diaries from kids in the Revolutionary War so that he could get actually know how people like Samuel actually felt and acted.

Comments

Crocks04
January 26, 2010, 2:31 pm

Sounds very interesting!
Maybe I will pick it up at the library
bat
January 26, 2010, 6:54 pm

I liked the Hatchet book; do you think I will like this one?
MRG12
January 27, 2010, 2:01 am

that book sounds cool!!!!
Emma
January 29, 2010, 1:17 pm

Wow! I love history with books! Two of my favorite things other than chocolate cake with buttercream frosting LOL!
2whitie
January 29, 2010, 5:06 pm

ooooooooooh,I am buying more bks over the net. I checked this one out and it was like 2.50
CherylByrel:D
January 29, 2010, 8:06 pm

us dollars?@ 2whitie.O yeah,loved Hatchet,but i dont think i can pick up kit’s wilderness.i dunno y.wait wait wait,kit’s wilderness IS by Gary Paulson rite?sry,i dun take notice with author’s name………….
CherylByrel:D
February 1, 2010, 6:05 am

no,sry for earlier comment……..was a bit of an idiot at the time……of course,just ignore the kit’s wilderness part………………..i think i’ll like this.has a familiar outline to Hatchet(got that as a gift for my bday),but its different,and that makes it unexpected and,well,more exciting.i think im gonna go ask my parents for it as my this year bday gift:)(my bday’s on march 10,btw,so u noe when i’ll go estatic with the comments about this:))
caty
February 6, 2010, 7:07 am

awesome, from where i will get this book i think this book ix in my school library
Cherry
August 13, 2010, 1:01 pm

I love Gary Paulsen’s books and I love learning about the American Revolution so I’m going to read Woods Runner.
beee your self
August 30, 2010, 10:50 am

dear reed,

that is so cool that you met a authur the only authur ive met is a friend of my moms (big woop)O by the way i was looking for a new serise to read do you know any other cerise that are good?

thank you,
beee your self,

p.s thanks for posting
p.s.s my real name is alicia:) (xo)
Roselia
January 20, 2012, 11:22 pm

sup……………………………….x)