Woods runner /

Paulsen, Gary.

Woods runner / Gary Paulsen. - 1st trade pbk. ed. - New York : Wendy Lamb Books, [2010] - 164 p. ; 21 cm.

Wilson's Junior High School, October 2010 School Library Journal, February 2010 Library Media Connection starred, May 2010 Pub Weekly, December 2009 Kirkus Starred, January 2010 Booklist, January 2010 New York Times, February 2010 Horn Book, March 2010 Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), March 2010 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2010

From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Native Americans who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community. Includes historical notes.

5.5. 5-8 Follett School Solutions.



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Kidnapping--Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life--Pennsylvania--Fiction.
Soldiers--Fiction.
Spy stories.
Native Americans--Pennsylvania--Fiction.
Historical fiction.


Pennsylvania--History--Fiction.
United States--History--1775-1783, Revolution--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

PZ7.P2843 / Woo 2010

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