''The Winter Room'' is a Newbery Honor-winning short novel by Gary Paulsen. It is a

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story about

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and farming, narrated in the

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to two boys by their Norwegian uncle in the "

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" of a farm in northern Minnesota, United States. Like many of his works, it evokes a harsh rural environment using vivid imagery, and has elements of a

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tale.

Reception

According to Hurst, it is a "brief, intense novel with incredible descriptive scenes", and Schmitz rates it as one of Paulsen's best. Publishers Weekly found "Newbery Award-winner Paulsen never disappoints, and proves his talent again in this remarkably good tale."

Release details

*1989, USA, Scholastic Press (), Pub date ? September 1989, hardback (1st edition) *1989, USA, Orchard Books (), Pub date ? October 1989, hardback *1996, USA, Yearling Books (), Pub date ? July 1996, paperback *1991, USA, Perfection Learning Prebound (), Pub date ? September 1991, hardback *1991, USA, Bantam Doubleday Dell (), Pub date ? April 1991, paperback *1995, USA, Yearling Books (), Pub date ? February 1995, paperback *1996, ?, Laurel Leaf (), Pub date 2 May 1996, paperback *1998, ?, Laurel Leaf (), Pub date ? December 1998, paperback *1999, ?, Rebound by Sagebrush (), Pub date ? October 1999, hardback *2005, USA, Thorndike Press (), Pub date 16 February 2005, hardback (large print edition)

References

1989 American novels American children's novels Novels by Gary Paulsen Newbery Honor-winning works 1989 children's books Children's books set in Minnesota Novels set in Minnesota {{1980s-child-novel-stub