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Woods Runner

Gary Paulsen

20103 pagesabout 5–10 minutes
2010
first published
  • 2010Wendy Lamb Books · ENGISBN 9780385738842
  • 2010Random House Children's Books · 164 pages · ENGISBN 9780375896347
  • 2010Scholastic · 164 pagesISBN 9780545338684
  • 2011ScholasticISBN 9780545336772
  • 2011Turtleback · 176 pagesISBN 9780606235044
  • 2010Listening Library · 3 pagesISBN 9780307710321

Samuel, 13, spends his days in the forest, hunting for food for his family. He has grown up on the frontier of a British colony, America. Far from any town, or news of the war against the King that American patriots have begun near Boston.But the war comes to them. British soldiers and Iroquois attack. Samuel's parents are taken away, prisoners. Samuel follows, hiding, moving silently, determined to find a way to rescue them. Each day he confronts the enemy, and the tragedy and horror of this war. But he also discovers allies, men and women working secretly for the patriot cause. And he learns that he must go deep into enemy territory to find his parents: all the way to the British headquarters, New York City.From the Hardcover edition.

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