Dogsong Summary
Gary Paulsen

Dogsong Summary

Dogsong by Gary Paulsen is the tale of a teenager who finds himself at an important crossroads in his life. Russel Susskit is a fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who lives with his father. Their summers are spent in a fish-camp, and every winter they move into the village and live in a tiny government-owned house. Russel's father, once a heavy drinker, found religion some years ago after Russel's mother abandoned them and...

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