num_pages: 144
description: A LIFE AS EXCITING AS FICTION   Gary Paulsen, three-time Newbery Honor author, is no stranger to adventure. He has flown off the back of a dogsled and down a frozen waterfall to near disaster, and waited for a giant bear to seal his fate with one slap of a claw. He has led a team of sled dogs toward the Alaskan Mountain Range in an Iditarod -- the grueling, 1,180-mile dogsled race -- hallucinating from lack of sleep, but he determined to finish.   Here, in vivid detail, Paulsen recounts several of the remarkable experiences that shaped his life and inspired his award-winning writing.   A School Library Journal Best Book   A Booklist Editors' Choice
language: English
title: Woodsong
titlecomplete: Woodsong
genres: Dogs, Audiobook, Young Adult, Childrens, Survival, Adventure, Animals, Nature, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 3606
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Minnesota Book Award
category: Older Children, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Spur Award
category: Best Juvenile Nonfiction, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Children's Nonfiction, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Simon  Schuster Books for Young Readers