The Foxman

Written by Gary Paulsen

Narrated by Johnny Heller

Carl and his 15-year-old cousin stumble into a clearing to find the small tarpaper shack with the smoke coming out of the chimney. It may belong to a trapper. Or it could belong to a woodsy-a man who live in the woods because he can't be with other people. But with night advancing quickly, the boys know they must find shelter from the coming storm-and fast. And that's how they first meet the Foxman, a strange recluse with a face hideously deformed by a wartime injury. While Carl is just as glad to leave the shack after the storm, his cousin feels strangely drawn to the tragic figure of the Foxman. They share emotional ties even Carl doesn't understand, let alone his parents. For the next few months this troubled boy returns to the shack, searching for some bit of knowledge that will explain the tragedy and healing that keep the Foxman alive-and that he can apply to his own painful past.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Feb 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9781490608440

Gary Paulsen

<P>GARY PAULSEN (1939 - 2021) wrote nearly two hundred books for young people, including the Newbery Honor Books<em> Hatchet, Dogsong,</em> and <em>The Winter Room. </em></P>

Reviews for The Foxman

[fingerpost_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Carl is sent to live with his uncle's family in Minnesota by social services. He soon learns the ways of the rural life, the woods, and the harsh winter.One day when he and his cousin are caught in the woods far from home when a blizzard strikes, they take shelter in the shack of an old man with a severely damaged face, who lives in the deep woods alone. The man takes them in, cares for them through the night, and sends them on their way. But soon, Carl starts returning on weekends to visit the old man, whose name is never mentioned. Carl calls him the Foxman, because he traps foxes.The Foxman's face was hurt in World War I, although we are never told how. And when Carl is home with his uncle's family, old men who were veterans of World Was I and II, sit around telling and laughing at war stories that Carl doesn't find funny at all.This short book is a war novel. Even though no war is happening, there are no battles or soldiers, apart from elderly veterans, it is a war novel, and one of philosophy. A short, easy reading book, for a deep thinking reader.

[fuzzi_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A young teen, transplanted from the city to the northern woods of Minnesota, discovers an old man living by himself, and a friendship between the two develops. This one is special, recommended.

[besdd · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book is interesting. It talks about the narrator's llife in Harold's farm and the difficulties the narrator faced. Gary Paulsen, you're a good writer but I think you can improve on this book a little more.