This Side of Wild: Mutts, Mares, and Laughing Dinosaurs (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781481451505)

Longlisted for the National Book Award

The Newbery Honor-winning author of Hatchet and Dogsong shares surprising true stories about his relationship with animals, highlighting their compassion, intellect, intuition, and sense of adventure.

Gary Paulsen is an adventurer who competed in two Iditarods, survived the Minnesota wilderness, and climbed the Bighorns. None of this would have been possible without his truest companion: his animals. Sled dogs rescued him in Alaska, a sickened poodle guarded his well-being, and a horse led him across a desert. Through his interactions with dogs, horses, birds, and more, Gary has been struck with the belief that animals know more than we may fathom.

His understanding and admiration of animals is well known, and in This Side of Wild, which has taken a lifetime to write, he proves the ways in which they have taught him to be a better person.

Author: Gary Paulsen
ISBN-10: 1481451502
ISBN-13: 9781481451505
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 09/29/2015
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.6
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 177175 / This Side of Wild

Award: National Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Gold Medal Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/17/2015
Booklist 09/15/2015 pg. 57
School Library Journal 10/01/2015 pg. 136