The River (A Yearling Book) by Gary Paulsen
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Book Reviews of The River (A Yearling Book)
Book Review: Reviewed for Mrs. Hassell's 5th grade class at St. John's
Summary: 5 Stars
The River is a great sequel to Gary Paulsen's book Hatchet. The main characters are Brian, the boy who had been in the wilderness, and Derek, a man who wants to see how Brian survived. In this novel Derek wants to go back into the wilderness with Brian to learn how he survived. Derek wants to be able to teach astronauts and the military how to survive. This time Brian is not alone because Derek is with him. When Brian and Derek got to the lake at night, the mosquitoes attacked them like rain attacks the roof of my house. This reminds me of the times when I go to camp and get attacked by mosquitoes. When this happens, I feel miserable just like Brian did. Then I walk around itching, scratching and feeling like I want to die. When Derek was shocked by lightning, Brian had to decide to stay there or take Derek down the river to get help. Brian had to float down the river. This reminds me of when I had to do forty jumps in the air at tennis practice. I didn't want to do it, but I had to, just like Brian had to go down the river. It is very hard to do forty jumps because it hurts your back. I knew I had to do it to stay in the clinic just like Brian knew he had to go down the river. Brian had alot of fear when he fell off the raft. I have that same fear about roller coasters. Nobody made me go on them, but I am still afraid of them. I can imagine how it must feel to be afraid and then actually to have to go ahead and do it. The River is a great novel. Everyone who likes adventure should read this book. I like Brian because he had the courage to follow through with things. He doesn't whine about things; he just does what he has to do. We sometimes slack off and whine about things. When we do, we should think of BrianBook Review: The Rivers Rage
Summary: 5 Stars
The book The River by Gary Paulsen is about a boy named Brian Robensen. He is about 15 years old, and is just getting used to being home after being stranded in the Canadian Wilderness Area. Three men come to his home and ask him to do it again. He decides he will do it to save peoples lives. One man, Derrick, who is with the wilderness survival center, goes with him to the wilderness. The plane leaves and the two only have a radio to call if there is trouble. Trouble comes in the form of lightning, and strands Brian with Derrick in a coma, and the radio is dead. He decides the river is his only hope to civilization... The book overall was good, but There were one or two things I didn't like, such as Gary Paulsen doesn't explain the camping site very well. He just says that it has a fort, and a fire pit, and the usual camping site stuff. He should have described into detail the fort, and the fire pit, and all the rest of it. Another thing I didn't like was the fact that he introduced the two problems at once. It isn't very realistic that Derrick was holding the radio during his sleep, and the lightning bolt just happened to hit right as the two were sleeping. One thing I did like was the non stop action the whole time after the introduction of the problem. Brian is constantly chasing a raft, or pulling on the raft. I really liked the action of this book.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes wilderness survival, or action books, or who just like to try to figure out how to overcome a problem. You are constantly guessing how he will get out of a problem or if he will get out of problems.
Book Review: The River
Summary: 5 Stars
Andrew Spalter
The River
Brian Robeson and Derek Holtzer are the two main characters of The River by Gary Paulsen. Brian Robeson is famous for surviving in a forest for 54 days with only a hatchet. Brian is a very intelligent teenager who is sought after by reporters. Derek Holtzer is working as a government psychologist teaching people how to survive when or if their plane crashes. He is in his mid 40's and is very honest and truthful.
After surviving 54 days in a forest, Brian was asked to do it all over again with Derek Holtzer. Derek wants Brian's help to learn about and take notes on survival techniques. Brain and Derek start off on their adventure with little equipment. The adventure really begins when Derek and the radio transmitter are struck by lighting. Problems begin as Derek is in a minor coma and the radio doesn't work.
This wild adventure takes place in the wilderness near a lake. I think the author wrote The River to teach the readers how to survive in the wilderness. Gary Paulsen taught the reader to use intelligence, inner strength and your imagination in difficult situations.
I liked The River because I enjoy adventure books and rising actions. The many adventures and fast pace of the book kept my attention until the end. From reading this book I learned survival techniques.
Book Review: The River
Summary: 5 Stars
Ricky
Language Arts
Mrs. Reid
September 29, 2005
The River
The River by Paulsen is one of my favorite books. I can't believe that Brain Robeson is going back to the woods. But Brain is not going alone, he is going back with Derek from US government. Derek gets hit by lighting and put in a coma. This book continues saga of Brain and his survival adventures.
The River I thought was a very good book. I think Gary Paulsen did a very good job at writing this book. I think all the books I read by Gary Paulsen did a very good job at writing them. When you think that Brain can't be challenged by anything more than he was the first time in Hatchet, he finds himself going back out into the wilderness again. He wasn't alone; he was not responsible just for himself but for another person. Then when Derek got hit by lighting, he was put in a coma. Brian went out to the find woods to make a raft.
I thought that this was a very good book. This was one of my favorite books. I liked the part where they were floating down the river. I also like when they hit rapids, and then Brain fell off. I would tell people they need to read this book.
Book Review: The River
Summary: 5 Stars
Have you ever been struck by lightning or heard of someone being struck? A guy named Derek Holtzer was. Two years ago a guy named Brian Robeson was stranded out in the wilderness for fifty-four days. Now the government wants him to do it again but this time Brian has a guy from the government named Derek. While Brian and Derek are out there lightning strikes and Derek gets struck. Brian has to get him 100 miles down a river for help.Another book the author has written is the hatchet. The river is a sequel to the hatchet. The hatchet is about Brian getting stranded out in the wilderness for fifty-four days. Both books were realistic fiction. The main idea the writer tries to get across is if you're in a bad situation don't make a bad choice.
I think anyone can read this book. It is not to hard and not to easy. One of the bad parts was when they were talking at the table. They did not use enough detail. One of the strong points was when Derek was struck by lightning. I knew exactly what was going on. Gary Paulsen has written three Newberry awards. The River has one Iral children's book council and parents magazine best book of the year. Watch out for lightning.