The Transall Saga

The Transall Saga
	Book cover of: The Transall Saga
Author	Gary Paulsen
Cover artist	Jon Paul Ferrara, Chris Nurse
Language	English
Subject	Survival, post-apocalypse
Genre	Novel, science fiction
Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for young readers a division of Random House Inc.
Publication date	1998
Publication place	United States
Media type	Hardcover and Paperback
Pages	256
ISBN	978-0-606-17349-0

Last updated March 30, 2025

The Transall Saga (also known as Blue Light^[1]^[2]) is a 1998 novel by Gary Paulsen.^[3] It is a survival story like most of his other books, but also involves the science fiction genre.

Premise

While hiking through the mountains, thirteen-year old Mark Harrison is brought to an alien world where he must survive the new terrain and conflict with the planet's indigenous people. Mark is faced with the challenge of his life.

References

↑ "Review: Blue Light - Gary Paulsen". January 17, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
↑ "Blue Light by Gary Paulsen". July 12, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
↑ "The Transall Saga". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved April 24, 2015.

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[1] "Review: Blue Light - Gary Paulsen". January 17, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2015.

[2] "Blue Light by Gary Paulsen". July 12, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2015.

[3] "The Transall Saga". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved April 24, 2015.

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v t e Works by Gary Paulsen
Bibliography
Brian's saga	Hatchet The River Brian's Winter Brian's Return Brian's Hunt
Murphy series	Murphy Murphy's Gold Murphy's Herd Murphy's War Murphy's Stand Murphy's Ambush Murphy's Trail
Culpepper Adventures	The Case of the Dirty Bird Dunc's Doll Culpepper's Cannon Dunc Gets Tweaked Dunc's Halloween Dunc Breaks the Record
The Tucket Adventures	Mr. Tucket Call Me Francis Tucket Tucket's Ride Tucket's Gold Tucket's Home
World of Adventure	The Legend of Red Horse Cavern Rodomonte's Revenge Escape from Fire Mountain The Rock Jockeys Hook 'Em Snotty! Danger on Midnight River The Gorgon Slayer Captive! Project - A Perfect World The Treasure of El Patron Skydive! The Seventh Crystal The Creature of Black Water Lake Time Benders Grizzly Thunder Valley Curse of the Ruins Flight of the Hawk
Other novels	Dogsong The Winter Room Canyons The Cookcamp Harris and Me Nightjohn The Car The Tent Sarny The Transall Saga Alida's Song Soldier's Heart The White Fox Chronicles The Glass Cafe Woods Runner The Rifle
Non-fiction	Woodsong Winterdance My Life in Dog Years Guts How Angel Peterson Got His Name Gone to the Woods
Film adaptations	A Cry in the Wild Nightjohn Snow Dogs