Gary Paulsen by Edith Hope Fine

The Biography about Gary Paulsen written by Edith Hope Fine is a wonderful story that talks about all of Paulsen's goals, achievements, and also books written by Gary Paulsen himself. Paulsen did not have a good childhood in fact he spent most of his childhood taking care of himself. His two parents were always drinking and using drugs because of all there stress. Most of there stress was from either his dad going to war almost every month, or the fact that they did not know how to take care of Gary. Gary being the smart man he is learned all of his lessons in life by watching his parent's mistakes. Gary Paulsen uses a lot of imagery, as well as wonderful examples filling the readers mind with pictures and thoughts about the topic. The cover of the book has a wonderful picture of Gary. The book was put in chronological order of Gary Paulsen's life. The book also has colorful photos in each chapter of Gary. Also in the back of the book there is a timeline of the exact dates when Gary wrote his book's. You would be very surprised at how many books Gary has written!! Underneath all pictures there is a quote that Gary wrote at the time that the picture was taken. I think all people young and old would love to read this book.