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Why did he write the book?

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Gary Paulsen grew up in nature. He was taught survival skills as a small boy. He writes what a boy like him might have done in the protagonist's situation.

I was raised on farms by people who didn't have Wal-Mart. They had to make their own sleds, harnesses, clothing, etc.”