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Brian's Winter

Gary Paulsen

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Total reviews: 343 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Cornwall Middle School-sixth grader 4 out of 5 stars.
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Brian's winter by Gary Paulsen is great, suspenseful, intense, and enjoyable book. It is an awesome book especially if you like adventurous or survival books. In this book Brian endures many animals such as a skunk who he becomes very fond of her and names her Betty he also comes to face with wolves, deer, and the most dangerous one of them all a moose which attacked him during his hunt. Brian uses his knowledge of the wilderness to survive. He also uses his memories too help design bows, arrows, and even arrowheads. He got used too living in the wilderness so he worked on new hunting techniques. He also learned how too make his shelter more secure by packing the walls with mud making it water tight and nearly air tight. This is a great sequel to the book Hatchet. Brian is a great character considering he gives the book a lot of suspense. During the time Brian was in the woods he learned many useful things such as how to carve an animal which is a good thing considering he as improved his hunting skills. The book Brian's winter was a great book I would definitely recommend it to anyone who liked Hatchet or likes adventurous or survival books.

Editorial Review:

In Hatchet, 13-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed only with his hatchet. Finally, as millions of readers know, he was rescued at the end of the summer. But what if Brian hadn't been rescued? What if he had been left to face his deadliest enemy--winter?

Gary Paulsen raises the stakes for survival in this riveting and inspiring story as one boy confronts the ultimate test and the ultimate adventure.

Brian's Return

Gary Paulsen

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Total reviews: 76 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

A deer in his canoe, a bear attack, a leg stabbed with an arrowhead--it's just another week in the life of 16-year-old Brian Robeson. In his opinion, this beats a date at Mackey's Pizza Den, a fight with a bully, and a video game at the mall any day. After having survived a plane crash and 54 days in the Canadian wilderness several years earlier, Brian can't seem to fit into "civilization." The world of high school and family life makes no sense anymore. So Brian begins to plan. It's time to return to the woods. This time, though, he makes no plans to come back home.

Gary Paulsen, the popular author of many critically acclaimed books for young people and winner of the 1997 Margaret A. Edward Award, has written another sequel to the Newbery Honor Book Hatchet. (The River and Brian's Winter were earlier sequels.) Paulsen's graphic and detailed descriptions of Brian's adventures demonstrate a deep familiarity and connection to the wilderness; and in fact the author has spent much of his life in the bush, living almost entirely off the land. Brian's experiences in nature parallel his growing independence and maturity; readers who don't feel like they "fit in" will easily relate to the young protagonist's search for identity and purity. (Ages 11 and older) --Emilie Coulter

Brian's Hunt

Gary Paulsen

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Total reviews: 55 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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The multitudes of Gary Paulsen fans (or more accurately, Brian fans) will be thrilled to find that the author has penned yet another story about Brian Robeson. Although Paulsen once claimed that he would "write no more about Brian," he seems to have been softened by the "staggering amounts of mail from readers" begging for more about the teen who is more at home alone in the wilderness than in the hustle and bustle of city life. In Brian’s Hunt, the 16-year-old returns to the remote woods and lakes of Canada, where he encounters a mysteriously injured dog. His experiences two years earlier, after surviving a plane crash and months alone with only a hatchet to protect and provide for himself (Hatchet, Brian’s Winter, etc.), have prepared him well to survive now. But can anything prime him for the horror that awaits him on an island campsite where he intends to meet his Cree friends?

This short episode is rife with the kind of gritty--even gruesome--details readers have come to expect from the Newbery Honor author. In an afterword, Paulsen reminds readers that he bases his stories on personal experiences and his extensive knowledge of the wild side of nature.

Confidential to avid fans: an intimation of romance amid all the rugged drama hints that this will not be the last Brian book, either. (Ages 10 to 13) --Emilie Coulter

Brian's Winter

Gary Paulsen

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A follow up to The Hatchett 5 out of 5 stars.
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My son loved The Hatchett. This was a great follow up to what would of happened if Brian wasn't rescued before the onset of winter.

Entertaining and Informative 5 out of 5 stars.
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Gary Paulsen has doen it again. Brian's Winter continues the original "Hatchet" story supposing Brian were not rescued before Winter set in. My children and my boy scout troop have enjoyed this immensely. I purchased the unabridged audiobook. Actor Richard Thomas, who portrayed Johnboy Walton on TV, narrates this excellent production. A small amount of appropriate music accompanies the narration. Paulsen's writing and Thomas' reading are so good that I think there must have been sound effects, but upon reviewing a few exciting sections of the story I found none; if used, they are used sparingly and never detracted from the story.

I'd previously imparted some my military experience to those I lead. However, I believe my children, my scouts, my fellow scouters (other scout leaders), and even I am better able to understand what real survival entails after reading (and now hearing) the Hatchet stories.

These books are the perfect couterpoint to Tom Hanks character in the movie "Castaway." Side-by-side, the two offer a superb illustration of the fundamental characteristics of survival, while each offering it's own perspectives on surviving within diverse circumstances.

Other survival movies and stories that I love include Walkabout coming out of Australia, Shackleton's Adventure in the Antarctic, and Paradise by Joan Elizabeth Goodman. There are also many real-life accounts online at

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Editorial Review:

In Hatchet, 13-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed only with his hatchet. He was rescued at the end of the summer. Brian's Winterbegins where Hatchet might have ended: Brian is not rescued, but must build on his survival skills to face his deadliest enemy--a northern winter.


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Guts : The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books

Gary Paulsen

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Total reviews: 55 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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What do you do when you're being charged by a red-eyed furious wall of brown fur that is an insane moose? How do you make a weapon with your bare hands? How do you sneak up on a grouse or a rabbit, kill it with a well-aimed arrow, and cook it over a fire--without a pot? All this and lots more is essential learning for Brian Robeson, the young wilderness survivor in Gary Paulsen's classic novel Hatchet. In writing that book, Paulsen was determined that everything that happened to Brian--the survival techniques and the physical and emotional traumas--would be drawn closely from reality and his own experiences. In Guts he reveals the stories behind Hatchet, as he lived them. Linked to specific incidents from Brian's ordeal are the skills and insights Paulsen learned as a teenager passionately in love with hunting in the north woods of Minnesota, the extremes of exhaustion and cold he knew in running the Iditarod dog races in Alaska, the chilling close-up knowledge of heart attacks from his experiences as a volunteer ambulance driver, the silence and majesty of the wilderness. Some great stories are told here: the child killed by two kicks from the razor-sharp hooves of a small deer, the difficulties of sharing a rescue helicopter ride with a terrified dog team, and some spectacular gross-outs about the nutritional need to eat every part of an animal. Hatchet fans will be agog, and parents and teachers will be thrilled to see the enthusiastic reaction of even the most reluctant readers. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell

Brian's Winter

Gary Paulsen

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The book that put you in the book 5 out of 5 stars.
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The book Brian's Winter has to be one of the best books that I have read in a long time. I am not the biggest fan of Gary Paulsen but, this book made me feel like I was actually at the camp he built and could hear all the sounds of nature.
When Brian Robeson's plane crashed, he was stranded in the northern Canadian Woods. Since the pilot of the plane died, Brian was on his own. After surviving the summer, he found a survival kit with food, water, a rifle and other essentials for surviving. Unfortunately, the rifle was broken after so many uses. He had to settle for the bow he made.
Brian had lost track of the days and didn't realize that winter was coming! The sign in which he realized winter would arrive soon is that cold rain poured for days. He began to worry and his food supply was low. To his luck, he saw wolves coming back from the woods with food in their mouths. He went to the area where they came from and found a half eaten doe lying out in the open. Brian needed food so he carried the doe back to camp.
As the days went by, the air became very cold. His doe meat was running low. He knew that he needed a larger animal to survive. Brian's old bow would not be able to kill large animals. So he made a larger bow with larger arrows. Brian also made a lance when he needed the extra boost. When he went out hunting, he came across a moose. The moose was enormous! Brian shot his large bow and hit the mark, but it didn't kill the moose. The moose charged, but Brian used the lance and stabbed it. After taking the moose back to camp, he realized his tattered and torn clothes would not suffice. So he made a jacket out of fur from the deer and rabbit fur. He also made moccasins out of the same material.
One morning he woke up to find layers of snow covering the entire woods! Brian could go nowhere with this thick snow. He easily resolved the problem by making snowshoes. One night while he was asleep, he heard an explosion like a gun shot! He thought that someone was out in the woods. In the morning Brian investigated the trees by the lake. He realized that the sap in the trees expanded in the tree that caused so much pressure the trees exploded. Many days later, Brian went looking around the woods. He found a peculiar track leading on to the lake. Brian followed the track to find a trapper family! They were out there in the woods every mid-winter. They had a bush plane that came by every three weeks. One week later, the plane came back and Brian returned home.

Editorial Review:

In Gary Paulsen's classic novel "Hatchet," thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is stranded in the Canadian wilderness. To survive, he must rely on his intelligence, his instincts, and one tool: a hatchet. Finally, as millions of readers know, he is rescued at the end of the summer. But what if Brian hadn't been rescued? What if Brian had been left to confront his deadliest enemy--winter? Gary Paulsen raises the stakes for survival in his riveting and inspiring story as one boy faces the ultimate test and the ultimate adventure.

Murphy's Trail

Gary Paulsen, Brian Burks

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Murphy's Trail-Worth the Ride 4 out of 5 stars.
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I found this book to be a good authentic action packed western. Murphy is tough, likeable and believeable as a New Mexico Sheriff . The author knows what hes talking about as for as guns and horses and it was a good story.I would recomend this book to other western fans and Ill be looking for other Murphy books.

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WesternLarge Print EditionSheriff Al Murphy had no jurisdiction in the Arizona territory, but that didnt matter because Risa needed his help and he owed her. Risas husband was a lawyer and a leader in their small Mexican community. A few weeks ago he and their two sons had set out to report two murders by cattleman Ben King, and had disappeared the only trace was their buggy with blood on the seat. Murphy knew it was almost futile for one man to go up against King, but he also found that help came when he least expected it and from the most unlikely of allies.

Murphy's Stand (A Walker Western)

Gary Paulsen, Brian Burks

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Brian's Winter

Gary Paulsen

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My Review 5 out of 5 stars.
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I think that it was a very adventurous and exiting. He put alot of detail in it that helped me understand it alot better. My favorite part of the book is when he shoots the moose, and then the moose comes and attacks Brian. Gary Paulsen is a very good author, and I think that he should keep writing more books.

Brian's Winter 4 out of 5 stars.
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Brian's winter is a tale of struggle through hardships and faith that no matter what happens if you have a goal and perservere you will eventually succeed. Brian is a kid who gets stuck in the middle of the wilderness deep in Canada with nothing but the clothes on his back and a hatchet that his mom gave him before he left on the fateful plane ride. This book tells about him trying to adapt and survive in the harsh winter climate. My favorite part of the book was when Brian tried to take down a huge moose. The one thing that I did not like was when he finally got rescued at the end. I thought that it was too abrupt, he heard a gunshot and then after finding the source was saved by a trapping family living a few miles away. I really liked how the author would go in depth to give you all the details so that you had a vivid picture in your mind. Overall I would rate this book a four out of five and I would encourage anyone to read it.

Editorial Review:

In Hatchet, 13-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed only with his hatchet. He was rescued at the end of the summer. Brian's Winterbegins where Hatchet might have ended: Brian is not rescued, but must build on his survival skills to face his deadliest enemy--a northern winter.


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