The Transall Saga

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The Transall Saga
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Book cover of: The Transall Saga
Author Gary Paulsen
Cover artist Jon Paul Ferrara, Chris Nurse
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Subject Survival, post-apocalypse
Genre Novel, science fiction
PublisherBantam Doubleday Dell Books for young readers a division of Random House Inc.
Publication date
1998
Media type Hardcover and Paperback
Pages256
ISBN 978-0-606-17349-0

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.

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References

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