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: 4 Stars
In the book The Rver,the main characters are Brian Robeson,Derek Holtzer,and Brian's mother.The story takes place in the Canadian wilderness.The first major event is when three strange men are on Brian's porch,and then one man comes inside and talks to Brian. Derek;the man that came inside wanted Brian to relive the plane crash.Derek wanted Brian to start all over again from nothing with a hatchet.Brian accepts his challenge and decides to go back.They get on the plane and go. When they get there Derek only takes the radio and a tent.The next day Derek recorded his survival techniques.Then Brian teaches Derek how to hunt;the first thing they'll hunt is bear.Now,Brian starts to build his home,which he is going to live in for a long time.Next,Brian tries to make a fire buy striking his knive on a flintsone,and he successfully completes it.Later that night there was an incredible thunderstorm .There was lighting ;it struck twice. The second time it stuck a tree, and it Derek.Brian is right next to a river so he makes a boat to take Derek for help.So,if you want to know what happens next read the book.Book Review: The River
Summary: 3 Stars
The River is the follow up to the popular book Hatchet. In this book, government officials ask Brian to relive his wilderness adventure so that they can learn his survival techniques. Brian is hesitant about going back to the place that he was so glad to get out of. However, he agrees to go so that others can learn what he did. A official from the government comes with him to take notes on what Brian did, and everthing seems to be going well. Unfortunatly, good fortune does not last forever. During a storm one night, the government official is hit with lightning and left in a comna. Knowing that the man will not survive very long, Brian decides to build a raft and float the man down the river to help. This story is about Brian's journey down river and the struggles he has to face. I only gave it three stars due to the fact that the story can easily be read in one sitting and lacks body. It seems that Gary Paulsin does not know when to stop writing about Brian, and this story proves that. It could have been better, but I would still recomend reading it if you enjoyed Hatchet.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
Summary: 4 Stars
As wondering at my new opened library I found out that there was a sequal to the great book the Hachet. I really enjoyed the book Hachet and wanted to read the next book. I read The River's review and really wanted to read it. I borrowed it from the library and read it for a long time.The characters in the book is Brian, a fifteen year old boy who survived at the wilds for 54 days only with a hachet before. Also there is a physician named Derek that wants to do some coverage on how Brian survived with only a hachet. They go back to the wilds with only a couple of things. One day they are struck with lightening Derek goes in a coma. Brian has to save him and looking through Derek's map he see's a trading post 100 miles away. Brian must save him by traveling through a river.
I would recommend this book to everybody of all ages. It was really a good book that deserved an award like Hachet. It was a really good sequal and really great to just relax and read. The River also has a sequal called Brian's Winter. Read all three great books.
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.