Monster Essays - Paulsen's "Canyons": A Summary
Paulsen's "Canyons": A Summary
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 and is not very social. When he is trying to go to sleep, he feels
something under his sleeping bag. When he finally gets it completely out
of the ground, he realizes it's a skull with a bullet hole in it's forehead.
Brannon hides the skull and takes it home with him. Later, he shows it to
an old and wise profess....
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