The Crossing Resources & Further Study

This Study Guide consists of approximately 13 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Crossing.

The Crossing Resources & Further Study

This Study Guide consists of approximately 13 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Crossing.
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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 imitation-Hemingway. Paulsen, however, is skilled at pace, incident and characterization and he uses these to pull the reader to the memorable—and powerful—last scene."

Review. Voice of Youth Advocates 10,4 (October...

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