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Dunc Breaks the Record

by Gary Paulsen

Ages 10–14 · Grades 5–9 · 1992

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Dunc and Amos are trapped in a cave that is the lair of a brilliantly mad Vietnam war veteran who thinks it is still the late 1960s. The two best friends must outwit and save the vet while surviving in the wilderness. Luckily, Amos has read Hatchet!

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Ages 10–14 · Grades 5–9

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