# Gary Paulsen — books assigned in US schools

**7** books by Gary Paulsen appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 1020L–1020L
**Grade span:** 2–9
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/gary-paulsen
**Wikipedia (entity):** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Paulsen
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- survival (3)
- nature (2)
- adventure
- boys
- business enterprises
- courage
- cousins
- farm life
- farm life, fiction
- freundschaft

## Genres

- Adventure (2)
- Realistic Fiction (2)
- Historical Fiction
- Science Fiction

## Every Gary Paulsen title on file

- [Hatchet](https://readinglist.school/book/hatchet) _(1020L · Grades 5–8 · 1987)_
- [The River](https://readinglist.school/book/the-river) _(Grades 5–8 · 1991)_
- [Harris and Me](https://readinglist.school/book/harris-and-me) _(Grades 6–8 · 1993)_
- [Lawn Boy](https://readinglist.school/book/lawn-boy) _(Grades 2–8 · 1993)_
- [Nightjohn](https://readinglist.school/book/nightjohn) _(Grades 6–8 · 1993)_
- [The Transall Saga](https://readinglist.school/book/the-transall-saga) _(Grades 6–9 · 1998)_
- [Brian's Winter](https://readinglist.school/book/brians-winter) _(Grades 4–7)_

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