Brian's Return
by Gary Paulsen
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Author: Gary PaulsenEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-05-08
ISBN: 0440413796
Number of pages: 144
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
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Book Review: The Most Pointless of the Series
Summary: 2 Stars
Brain shouldn't of returned, I love all the other books in the series, but why, why, why did they make this? Seriously, people think, did Gary real need to make this? The reason I give this 2 stars instead of 1, because, it is sort of entertaining, to see what it's like when Brain is back in a normal community. It might be fun for some people to seem him return, but there's no excitement, and the confict is fixed in the middle of the book. Oh, it's a good thing that a sequel was made to this, which I love, that is, "Brian's Hunt," which is a way more entertaining and interesting, and actually has a climax. (CAUTION!) ONLY READ IF YOU'VE READ ALL THE OTHER BOOKS, AND/OR WANT TO READ BRAIN'S HUNT. (Which will probably be most of you).
Summary of Brian's Return
As millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter know, Brian Robeson survived alone in the wilderness by finding solutions to extraordinary challenges. But now that's he's back in civilization, he can't find a way to make sense of high school life. He feels disconnected, more isolated than he did alone in the North. The only answer is to return-to "go back in"-for only in the wilderness can Brian discover his true path in life, and where he belongs.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
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