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First publish date: 1987
Genre: Western Fiction/Western Adventure
Authors: Gary Paulsen
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📘 Hatchet
 by Gary Paulsen

After a Cessna crash leaves teenage Brian Robinson alone in the Canadian wilderness, he must learn to survive, uncovering self-reliance and resilience amid a harsh, beautiful landscape.

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📘 Brian's Winter
 by Gary Paulsen

Brian Robeson faces an unforgiving winter after being stranded in the Canadian wilderness, testing his survival skills in a gripping, self-reliant adventure.

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📘 The River
 by Gary Paulsen

A 15‑year‑old boy, transformed by a 54‑day solo wilderness survival, volunteers for another solo trek to help scientists study the psychology of endurance and self‑reliance.

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📘 Lawn Boy
 by Gary Paulsen

When a neighbor persuades a twelve‑year‑old to expand his lawn‑mowing service, his summer job turns into a hectic adventure of entrepreneurship and responsibility.

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📘 Murphy's gold
 by Gary Paulsen


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📘 Canyons
 by Gary Paulsen

During a camping trip in the El Paso canyons, Brennan discovers a skull that connects him to the story of a young Apache girl from the late 1800s.

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📘 Murphy's Stand
 by Gary Paulsen

After the loss of his wife, former Cincherville sheriff Al Murphy dives into a dangerous murder investigation tied to a lucrative government contract, forcing him to confront violence and survival in the rugged American West.

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📘 Dogsong
 by Gary Paulsen

When his village modernizes, 12‑year‑old Russell Susskit struggles to find his place. Guided by the shaman Oogruk and a dream of his ancestor, he takes a pack of sled dogs on a perilous journey of self‑discovery across Arctic tundra.

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📘 Nightjohn
 by Gary Paulsen

Twelve‑year‑old Sarny endures a harsh life in slavery until a new fellow servant offers to teach her literacy, placing her in a perilous but hopeful path.

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📘 Murphy's trail
 by Gary Paulsen


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📘 The journal of Callie Wade
 by Dawn Miller


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The secret by 9073156|Murphy, Stephen book cover

📘 The secret
 by Murphy, Stephen

A fun glimpse of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles adventure where Raphael gifts a cat to Michelangelo and Master Splinter rules that it cannot stay.

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📘 Outlawed
 by Anna North

A speculative twist on a frontier crisis, "Outlawed" blends alternate history with the looming threat of influenza, exploring how communities and midwives confront disease, infertility, and social marginality on the American West's frontier.

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📘 A Boy and His Dog
 by Harlan Ellison


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