81 pages 2 hours read

Gary Paulsen

Woods Runner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

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Essay Topics

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Samuel encounters and must navigate many types of terrain in the novel, from rivers to roads to the deep forest. How do these different environments affect Samuel and his story?

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Samuel is often most comfortable in the woods. How does his affinity with and reflections on the woods develop his character?

3.

The novel considers the idea of childhood at some depth. How is childhood handled in the story? What are its boundaries? How do frontier children experience it?