Brian's saga
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1) Hatchet
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After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. Includes an introduction and sidebar commentary by the author.
2) The river
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Brian's saga volume 2
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
132 p. : map ; 25 cm.
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In this sequel to Hatchet, Paulsen takes the wilderness adventure beyond self-preservation & makes teen Brian responsible for saving someone else. Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival. "We want you to do it again." These words, spoken to...
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Brian's saga volume 3
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Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.
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Brian's saga volume 4
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1999
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117 p. ; 21 cm.
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After having survived alone in the wilderness, Brian finds that he can no longer live in the city but must return to the place where he really belongs.
5) Brian's hunt
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Brian's saga volume 5
Pub. Date
2003
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Two years after having survived a plane crash into the Canadian wilderness, a sixteen-year-old returns to the wild to befriend a wounded dog and hunt a rogue bear.