The River
by:
Gary Paulsen (author)
"We want you to do it again."These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for 54 days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived.Now the government wants him to go back into the wilderness so that astronauts and...
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"We want you to do it again."These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for 54 days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived.Now the government wants him to go back into the wilderness so that astronauts and the military can learn the survival techniques that kept Brian alive. Soon the project backfires, though, leaving Brian with a wounded partner and a long river to navigate. His only hope is to build a raft and try to transport the injured man a hundred miles downstream to a trading post--if the map he has is accurate.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780440227502 (044022750X)
Publish date: January 12th 1998
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Teen,
Classics,
Survival,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Action,
Outdoors,
Wilderness
Series: Brian's Saga (#2)
I listened to this immediately following Hatchet, so maybe it was just "incredibly bad luck fatigue" but I couldn't really love this one. I think that students will, particularly boys - there is edge of your seat "will they make it" moments and I do think that Paulsen again does a good job of being...
I read Hatchet way back in elementary school and loved it. My mom had read it back then and loved it too (she read a few books of the series). So when she decided to re-read Hatchet and read the rest of the series I went along with it. My mother and I lovingly call Brian "Hatchet."So Brian has gone ...
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