- Fiction, Farm life, Grandmothers, Family life
A remarkable novel about one of the most important and loving relationships in Gary Paulsen's life.The wonderful grandmother seen through the eyes of a young boy in The Cookcamp reaches out to him at 14, offering him a haven from his harsh and painful family life.
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Earnest, classical in form, intimate and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- Gary Paulsen
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 88
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press, Random House Children's Books, Dell Yearling
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780385325868
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Gary James Paulsen (May 17, 1939 – October 13, 2021) was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for coming of age stories about the wilderness. He was the author of more than 200 books and wrote more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens.[ **Source**: [Gary Paulsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Paulsen) on Wikipedia
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