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The Crossing Study Guide

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by Gary Paulsen
About 11 pages (3,365 words)
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Feitlowitz, Marguerite. Interview with Gary Paulsen. In Authors and Artists for Young Adults. Vol. 2. Edited by Agnes Garrett and Helga P. McClure.

Detroit: Gale Research, 1989:165-173.

An extensive interview in which Paulsen discusses his life, work, respect for the natural world, and evolving spirituality.

Review. Horn Book 63,6 (November/December 1987): 744-745. "In terse and understated prose the author brilliantly depicts Manny's appalling poverty and his matter-offact acceptance of life's inequities and builds a growing respect for the boy's pluck and lack of self- pity."

Review. Kirkus Reviews 13 (July 15, 1987): 1074. "Told from the point of view of both protagonists, the details of the story are familiar ones, and the style seems a bit too.....

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The Crossing from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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