Paulsen's "Canyons": A Summary
Beginning of paper
Canyons by Gary Paulsen is a book written about a young boy who finds a
skull on a camping trip and it seems to give him mental messages about
where he should go and what he should do. It all starts when Brannon goes
on a camping trip with his mom and her boyfriend. Brannon is having a bad
time ....
Middle of paper
.... article written about the young Apache
warrior. The skull continues to talk to Brannon, about wanting it's soul
to be where it can rest. Brannon runs away with the skull, about the time
his mother called the police after finding it in his closet, and listens as
the voice speaks to him. It wants to be returned to the Sacred Place. All
the memories from the canyons the Apache warrior has come to Brannon, as
though he experienced before, but hadn't. Once the skull is put in it's
scared place ....
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Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
