The three-time Newbery Honor-winning author of Hatchet, Dog Song and The Winter Room tells--in a memoir as compelling as his novels--the story of his intimate relationship with Minnesotas north woods and the dog team he trained for the Iditarod sled race. ALA Notable Book; ALA Best Book for Young Adults. nA LIFE AS EXCITING AS FICTION n Gary Paulsen, three-time Newbery Honor author, is no stranger to adventure. He has flown off the back of a dogsled and down a frozen waterfall to near disaster, and waited for a giant bear to seal his fate with onn