“Canyons” by Gary Paulsen was writen in a very deatiled and suspenceful story, targeted to almost all ages.
“Canyons” takes place mostly in Dog Canyon, where Brennan finds and returns the skull he took.
Brennan Coles, a very interesting fifteen-year-old with a lot of questions. Coyote Runs, an Apache boy, who is on his first raid, which titles him a man. Mr. Homesley, a high school teacher who is helping Brennan with his skull.
A fifteen-year-old boy named, Brennan Cole, finds a skull when he is wondering near Dog Canyon. He decides to take it home to learn more about it, since he has slowly became more and more obsessed with it. While Brennan has the skull with him, another boy, Coyote Runs, is on his very first raid which titles him as