Gary Paulsen: Adventurous Childhood

Gary Paulsen had a rough but adventurous childhood. He was born in May, 1939. To start off with, he had pnumonia twice before age four. The doctors were sure he wouldn’t make it, but he pulled through. Paulsen had a bad family life. His parents fought constantly, and at seven years old, he went to live with his grandmother. Later on, his mother brought him to the Philipines where his father was currently living, and their fighting continued. Both his mother and his father had new boy/girl friends. He found comfort in his dog snowball.
At age 14, Paulsen ran away and worked on a sugar beet farm. He also worked in a carnival. Paulsen came home, and he graduated high school with a D- avearage. Paulsen worked many jobs: construction, ranching,