How Angel Peterson Got His Name

Description

A completely absorbing collection of memories about the exploits of a thirteen-year-old Gary Paulsen and his friends, detailing their quest for fun and excitement. His friend Carl Peterson attempts to break the land-speed record on skis waxed with paraffin, being towed along behind a car - and comes out of the experience alive but with a new name! Other stunts include hitching behind cars on home made skateboards, taking to the air on a giant kite, wrestling bears at the carnival to impress girls and travelling over a waterfall in a barrel. This book should definitely have a Don't Try This At Home warning!-Just remember - DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!Can you imagine wanting to try any of these insane stunts?Shooting over a waterfall in a barrel!Wrestling a bear at a carnival!Hitching behind a car on a home made skateboard!Taking to the skies under a giant kite!Skiing along behind a racing car!Jumping to the ground on a home-made bungee cord!It's hard to believe, but these crazy exploits are Gary, Orvis and Carl's ideas of fun! These hilarious tales of the original extreme sports are totally unbelievable, jaw-droppingly dangerous and completely unputdownable!

Gary Paulsen grew up in the Philippines and has worked as a sailor, archer, trapper, singer, actor and carnival worker, amongst others. He is the author of many critically acclaimed books for young people, and has won the prestigious Newbery Honor Award three times, for his books The Winter Room, Hatchet and Dogsong. He lives in New Mexico and on a boat in the Pacific, with his wife, the painter Ruth Wright Paulsen.

Gary Paulsen has won the Newbery Honor Award three times, for "The Winter Room", "Hatchet" and "Dogsong".