Eastern Sun Winter Moon - Large Print Author:Gary Paulsen Eastern Sun, Winter Moon: An Autobiographical Odyssey — In this memoir of a World War II childhood, Paulsen paints a haunting self-portrait of a young boy drawn helplessly into the physical and emotional violence of the adult world. — From Publishers Weekly Paulsen's notable adult trade debut, Clabbered Dirt, Sweet Grass , and 16 award-winning... more » YA novels precede this gripping memoir of a tumultuous childhood. "My mother and I spent the war years in Chicago," he begins, explaining that after his birth in 1939 his father left the home to serve as a member of Patton's staff. The unglossed and indelible accounts that follow center on Paulsen's pretty, tough mother. As a toddler he watched her slay a man who had tried to molest him; later, he was all too aware of her sexual indulgences. He was seven when they sailed aboard a troop ship for Manila to reunite with his father. The voyage, however, occasioned still more horrors. With the helpless crew, he watched as passengers from a downed plane were eaten or torn apart by sharks, a scene he details here in all its brutality. In the Philippines, he was to undergo newly shattering experiences, which he relates with candor and feeling.
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Gary Paulsen is one of the most honored writers of contemporary literature for young readers. He has written more than one hundred book for adults and young readers, and is the author of three Newbery Honor titles.« less