Harris and Me
A Summer Remembered

This is quite possibly the funniest piece of writing that Gary Paulsen ever published. I've always been disappointed that I couldn't read it aloud to children at school thanks in large part to Harris's decidedly foul mouth. I have never laughed so hard at any other book in my life, the stories of Pa......more

Banned Book Week! Time to read some banned books. First up is this curious little item from the mid-90s, challenged apparently for its language. A nameless 11-year-old narrator is passed from relative to relative in the 1950s (Probably? Reference is made to a 1949 truck.) because his parents are a pa......more

With his usual magic style, Gary Paulsen takes readers through a special summer of a young boy. His alcoholic parents can't take care of him so he is sent off to distant relatives on a farm in Minnesota. Cousin Harris leads the two through many exciting (and usually dangerous!) adventures, and the s......more