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"And it started with a single word. Divorce. It was an ugly word he thought. A tearing, ugly word that meant fights and yelling, lawyers...Divorce. A breaking word, and ugly word. Divorce."
Once Paulsen was given a
library card his life changed.
He started to read and loved it.
Once he finished one book, he
would immediatley start another
one. He used reading to escape
his problems. Now, he has written
over 175 books. This started
with his love for reading.
"There was great beauty here-almost unbelievable beauty. The sun exploded the sky, just blew it up with the setting color, and that color came down into the water of the lake, lit the trees. Amazing beauty and he wished he could share it with somebody."
"I have a friend, he thought-I have a friend now. A hungry friend but a good one. I have a friend named fire...So much from a little spark. A friend and a guard from a tiny spark."
"He had to have some kind of shelter and he had to have something to eat...He had to do something to help himself...I have to get motivated, he thought...Right now I'm all I've got. I have to do something."
Born: May 17th,
1939 in
Minneapolis, Minnesota
got divorced
poor
friends in school
to earn money
three times and has
three children. His dogs
are so close to him they
are like children too.
magazine editor and a
satelite technician
before he became an
author.
main character is like in many
of his books.