The River (A Yearling book)
by Gary Paulsen
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Author: Gary PaulsenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1993-02-01
ISBN: 0440407532
Number of pages: 144
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Yearling
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- ISBN13: 9780440407539
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of The River (A Yearling book)
Book Review: Lacks the punch of Hatchet.
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is the sequel to Paulsen's Newbery Medal-winning The Hatchet which I reviewed a few months ago. In this book, some men who run a government survival school want Brian to go back to the Canadian wilderness and show them how he survived. Derek Holtzer, the psychologist running the program, believes that the teaching will be much more successful if he's gone through the real thing.
After much talking with Brian's family, it's agreed that the young boy can go. When they reach the last leg of their journey, Brian puts his foot down: if Derek really wants to learn how to survive then the tents, food, guns, sleeping bags...everything must stay behind. If any of those items come along they will be used, and Derek won't be learning how to survive.
Derek knows that Brian is right and agrees to the plan, only bringing along communication gear. They don't even have time to set up camp properly when a rip-snorting storm blows through the lake area. Derek is struck by lightning; the communications are knocked out. The only thing Brian can do in an effort to save Derek's life is to build a raft and travel by river to a small trading post.
Brian is an exceptional character, and I enjoyed reading about him again. The problem with this book is that the premise is over within the span of five heartbeats. Zap! The lightning strikes. Bam! Derek is gravely injured. Pow! Brian builds the raft. Zowie! They're on the river. Oof! They're at the trading post. There's just not enough meat on the bone in which to sink your teeth.
Fortunately, this isn't the last book that Paulsen has written about Brian, so when I need a survival fix, I'll look up the other books in the series. This is a young character who has definitely gotten under my skin!
Summary of The River (A Yearling book)
Written in response to reader demand for another book about Brian, the young hero of Gary Paulsen's Newbery Honor book, Hatchet, here is a gripping story of challenge and survival in the wilderness. To learn more about the psychology of survival, Brian is asked to repeat his incredible wilderness endurance from Hatchet, not knowing that soon another disaster will strike.Issues Books
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