The River (A Yearling Book) by Gary Paulsen
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Book Reviews of The River (A Yearling Book)
Book Review: The River
Summary: 5 Stars
If you like stories of survival, then this is the book for you. It's about a boy named Brian who is about 15 years old and a scientist named Derek who is in his 30's go out into the wilderness so Brian can show him how to survive, since he did it about a year before when his plane crashed in the Canadian wilderness. They have to live out there for 3 weeks. After 3 days a lightening storm hits and Derek is struck by lightning and goes into a coma, so Brian has to build a raft and go for help at the trading post before it's too late for Derek.
The best part in the book was when Brian finished the raft and finally heads down the river to get help. Brian has to stay awake the whole time until he gets to the trading post because he has to steer the raft. At one point he loses track of the raft and loses it along with Derek because he got knocked off the raft.
The theme of this story is survival because Brian has to survive and keep Derek alive too.
This was a great book to read. I like how suddenly things turn bad for Brian when Derek goes into a coma. He has to keep himself and Derek alive and get help
Book Review: The River
Summary: 5 Stars
The River is based on the book Hatchet. After surviving a summer in the forest, and a plane crash, Derek, a psychologist and a survival instructor asked him to do it again. They want to learn how he did it so they could teach others. Brian, wanting to help others, agreed to it. However, they selected another site to do it at. The Necktie Lake was there site, near the Necktie River.After a few good days at the lake, disaster struck. Lighting hit Derek and the radio. Derek was in a coma and would die without water so Brian made a choice to take him to help. He took the map and made a route down the Necktie River to Brannock Trading Post. The journey than began.
I think this book is just as good as Hatchet. I liked the unexpected turn in the book when lightning struck. Just before it happened, they were saying how everything was going so good. They had everything they needed, shelter and fire, but than everything had to go wrong. I also liked the way Brian thought. Gary Paulson took us through his head and made it almost real.
I recommend this book to anyone who likes survival stories, and pretty much anyone in general.
Book Review: The River By Folger
Summary: 5 Stars
Have you ever had a friend that has become unconscious? Well, in the story The River by Gary Paulsen, Brian, the protagonist's best friend, Derek, becomes unconscious. One morning when Brian woke up he wondered why he was laying on his back. Then Brian remembered parts of what happened; the sound, the light, the thunder, and the slamming and cracking of it. Then he remembered Derek. Brian wondered why Derek wasn't awake. He looked over at Derek, but he was face down on his bed. At that point Brian knew Derek was not asleep. Is he dead? As I read the book, my heart was beating because I almost felt like it was my friend lying there.Brian knew he had to get Derek to a doctor so Brian built a raft. Brian thought to himself; should I take Derek with me or leave him and then get help. Brian decided to take Derek on the raft with him. Brian laid Derek on the raft, climbed on and set off down the river to find a doctor. Brian had a map and hoped it was accurate. The river was one hundred and fifty kilometers long. Will Derek fall off? Will he survive?
Now I invite and encourage you to read the novel The River by Gary Paulsen.
Book Review: The River
Summary: 5 Stars
The River was a great book about Brain again and it was the second book to the hatchet. The River was a great book because brain went back and did another adventure with Derek who is the person who was in the River that Brain went back with because Derek wanted to write a book about how do u survived in the woods. So one day Derek and his friend they are like a place that work for like new reporter but not really those. So they can and asked Brain if he wanted to this adventure again and he said yes. So off they went to the wood. when they got there it was a pretty good day but I think later Derek got hit by a lighting because they had a thunder storm and Derek was still asleep and somehow he reached out to the radio and he got shock by lighting. So if anyone out there who want to know the rest of this story I just want to said it is a great book and if you guys have all ready read the Hatchet I bet You guys will like it too. Also if you guys want to know if anything will happen to Brain or Derek I bet you guys, to read this book and will Brain survived this time or he won't.Book Review: The River, by Gary Paulsen, is a great book!
Summary: 5 Stars
In the book, The River, Brian Robeson is asked to go back into the woods again after a terrifying two months with only a hatchet. The government wants him to do this. They want to write down and use the skills he used to help other people stay alive in this type of situation. Brian is the only one recorded to of survived a circumstance such as this. Only this time, he will be accompanied by a psychologist to mock the things he does. During one of the many storms they encounter Derek, the psychologist. is hit by lightning. From this incident he is put into a coma. With the transmitter dead; he has to get Derek 100 miles back to a trading post, if the map he has is accurate.This book was an excellent choice for me to read. The suspense in the book is just what I needed to enjoy this book. The characters they used to were perfect for the mood set by the plot. I also enjoyed how well this related to the Hatchet, the book before that set the plot. I hope there is an additional book like this one. If I had to choose one book to read again it would definitely be The River.