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"Paulsen (a Newbery Honor author) adds another affecting and realistic title to his pantheon of stories about outsiders learning how to become more positive forces in the world."--SLJ
From the city Carley learned rage—can the country bring him peace?
Carley would rather be anywhere but here: a town deep in Minnesota’s farm country, with nothing plentiful except poverty. Still, staying with his uncle David and his family is better than reform school—which was where Carley was heading. Something was eating away at him, making him do crazy, violent things. No one could understand why—least of all Carley himself. But then David takes Carley to his blacksmith forge. And under the grim nights and days of the Minnesota fall, under the glow of hot steel, and the most exhausting work he has ever known, Carley begins to see a way to shape his life.
“A beautiful written message of hope.”—International Checkpoint
From the city Carley learned rage—can the country bring him peace?
Carley would rather be anywhere but here: a town deep in Minnesota’s farm country, with nothing plentiful except poverty. Still, staying with his uncle David and his family is better than reform school—which was where Carley was heading. Something was eating away at him, making him do crazy, violent things. No one could understand why—least of all Carley himself. But then David takes Carley to his blacksmith forge. And under the grim nights and days of the Minnesota fall, under the glow of hot steel, and the most exhausting work he has ever known, Carley begins to see a way to shape his life.
“A beautiful written message of hope.”—International Checkpoint
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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.
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Gr 5-8-Gary Paulsen adds another affecting and realistic title to his pantheon of stories about outsiders learning how to become more positive forces in the world. Carley, 14, is always getting into trouble. His frustrated parents send him to live on his Uncle David's farm in rural Minnesota. Initially, Carley has nothing but contempt for the country farm-the poverty, his family's foreign accents, and their "backwards" ways. However, his uncle teaches him to be a blacksmith and imparts important life lessons that show Carley that he can lead a better life. Luke Daniels's superb narration elevates Paulsen's text (Dutton, 1983). His Norwegian accent in voicing David is mesmerizing, and he easily conveys Carley's anger and lack of forethought as well as his eventual turnaround. Although this is one of the author's more laid back coming-of-age stories, it belongs in every historical fiction collection.-B. Allison Gray, Goleta Library, CAα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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