The Anti-Adventures of Gary Paulsen
If Gary Paulsen taught readers one lesson, it was to always carry a hatchet into the woods. But if he taught us a second lesson, it was to occasionally pack a notebook, too.
Paulsen, who died Oct. 13, 2021, is best remembered for his 1986 Newberry Honor-winning young adult adventure book, Hatchet, whose lead character—13-year-old Brian Robeson—taught a generation of city kids like me that if we kept our wits about us, and held our hatchets close, we might just survive in the wild.
Thankfully, most of us never had to test the
