The Winter Room
by Gary Paulsen
"You can live on the same farm, in the same house with your uncle for eleven summers, eleven winters, and still not know him. You and your older brother, Wayne, can work in the fields alongside him and Father and Nels - the other old, old man on the farm - and still Uncle David can one day amaze you. Every night in the winter room, used only in winter because then no work can be done outside, Mother and Father, Nels and Wayne and you - Eldon - gather around the wood stove with the mica windows in its door and listen to Uncle David tell stories of long-dead Alida, or Crazy Alen, or Viking conquerors, and though these stories come from different times and far-off places, they belong, too, to the tight circles of your life. Stories make your days of animals and crops and seasons and family one with the world beyond. But the night Uncle David tells the story of "The Woodcutter" is different, and what happens then is terrible for him. And for Wayne. "Stories are not for believing so much," Mothers says, "as to be believed in." Eldon's story of a year ends on a scene more powerful than the facts, more true than the facts." --
Juvenile NonfictionSocial TopicsJUVENILE FICTIONBoys & MenJuvenile FictionClassics
RELEASED1989
PUBLISHEROrchard Books
LENGTH103
LANGUAGEEN
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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
The Winter Room
by Gary Paulsen
"You can live on the same farm, in the same house with your uncle for eleven summers, eleven winters, and still not know him. You and your older brother, Wayne, can work in the fields alongside him and Father and Nels - the other old, old man on the farm - and still Uncle David can one day amaze you. Every night in the winter room, used only in winter because then no work can be done outside, Mother and Father, Nels and Wayne and you - Eldon - gather around the wood stove with the mica windows in its door and listen to Uncle David tell stories of long-dead Alida, or Crazy Alen, or Viking conquerors, and though these stories come from different times and far-off places, they belong, too, to the tight circles of your life. Stories make your days of animals and crops and seasons and family one with the world beyond. But the night Uncle David tells the story of "The Woodcutter" is different, and what happens then is terrible for him. And for Wayne. "Stories are not for believing so much," Mothers says, "as to be believed in." Eldon's story of a year ends on a scene more powerful than the facts, more true than the facts." --
Juvenile NonfictionSocial TopicsJUVENILE FICTIONBoys & MenJuvenile FictionClassicsConceptsSeasons
RELEASED1989
PUBLISHEROrchard Books
LENGTH103
LANGUAGEEN
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
