Brian's Winter

by Gary Paulsen

Book Overview

In Hatchet, 13-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed only with his hatchet. He was rescued at the end of the summer. Brian's Winterbegins where Hatchet... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590690132
• ISBN13: 9780590690133
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Scholastic Inc
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Not just for kids

Even better than Hatchet. I am in my 40's and found it very easy to read, doable in 1 day but very entertaining especially for me that really enjoys nature. My husband likes to hunt so I enjoyed sharing Brian's stories with him. I shared this book and Hatchet with my mom and she loved the stories as well.

A different ending to an adventure

A well written different ending to Hatchet. Brian's tale continues to entertain. Though written for school aged youth Brian's story in one you will want to continue to read.

The book that put you in the book

The book Brian's Winter has to be one of the best books that I have read in a long time. I am not the biggest fan of Gary Paulsen but, this book made me feel like I was actually at the camp he built and could hear all the sounds of nature. When Brian Robeson's plane crashed, he was stranded in the northern Canadian Woods. Since the pilot of the plane died, Brian was on his own. After surviving the summer, he found a survival kit with food, water, a rifle and other essentials for surviving. Unfortunately, the rifle was broken after so many uses. He had to settle for the bow he made. Brian had lost track of the days and didn't realize that winter was coming! The sign in which he realized winter would arrive soon is that cold rain poured for days. He began to worry and his food supply was low. To his luck, he saw wolves coming back from the woods with food in their mouths. He went to the area where they came from and found a half eaten doe lying out in the open. Brian needed food so he carried the doe back to camp. As the days went by, the air became very cold. His doe meat was running low. He knew that he needed a larger animal to survive. Brian's old bow would not be able to kill large animals. So he made a larger bow with larger arrows. Brian also made a lance when he needed the extra boost. When he went out hunting, he came across a moose. The moose was enormous! Brian shot his large bow and hit the mark, but it didn't kill the moose. The moose charged, but Brian used the lance and stabbed it. After taking the moose back to camp, he realized his tattered and torn clothes would not suffice. So he made a jacket out of fur from the deer and rabbit fur. He also made moccasins out of the same material. One morning he woke up to find layers of snow covering the entire woods! Brian could go nowhere with this thick snow. He easily resolved the problem by making snowshoes. One night while he was asleep, he heard an explosion like a gun shot! He thought that someone was out in the woods. In the morning Brian investigated the trees by the lake. He realized that the sap in the trees expanded in the tree that caused so much pressure the trees exploded. Many days later, Brian went looking around the woods. He found a peculiar track leading on to the lake. Brian followed the track to find a trapper family! They were out there in the woods every mid-winter. They had a bush plane that came by every three weeks. One week later, the plane came back and Brian returned home.

WOW

In 6th grade i read the book before this and i thought wow that was ok. Then i was on a dry streak and never read a book for a year or two and i saw this book in my closet and remembered i read the one before this one. I beleive this book got me reading again and I suggest you get this book immediately because it draws you in and it makes you want to read more and more. I read this last week and after this i read all the other ones in the next week it was amazing and I hope you find this helpful.

Brian's Winter Book Review

Brian's Winter is a continuation of the novel, Hatchet. In the book Hatchet Brian is going to visit his father in Canada but his plain crashed because the pilot had a heart attack. Brian is alone in the wilderness but he ends up getting saved in the end. In the book Brian's Winter it tells what would have happened if Brian wasn't saved, and if he would have been left to face his deadliest enemy, winter. He must learn how to find food, build a fire, find shelter, and watch out for danger during winter. Will Brian survive or will he freeze to death during winter? Find out in the book Brian's Winter written by one of the best authors, Gary Paulsen.

Brian's Winter

Imagine being stranded in a forest after a plane crash with just a hatchet, nature, and no one to help you! In the extraodinary and suspenseful survival book, Brian's Winter, a 13 year old boy named Brian Robeson has to survive in the threatening wilderness during the winter alone. Brian has to use his head and his skill to hunt for his food as well as produce his own weapons and living quarters. With bear attacks and frost-biting temperatures. Will Brian survive? Will he ever find civilization? If you like stories about the wilderness, with lots of suspense, adventure, and vivid language, Brian's Winter is the book for you. on a rating from 1-10, we would give this book an 8. Appropriate for grades late 4th to 6th.

This is an excellent adventure story for junior high boys!

This book offers an alternate ending to Paulsen's previous book, Hatchet. The story disregards Brian Robeson's rescue in Hatchet and continues his story of survival in the Canadian wilderness. Brian has found a survival kit on the plane that gives him more than just a hatchet to use for survival. However, Brian still has to be creative in finding ways to survive. His days are filled with hunting, gathering wood, and doing what it takes to survive. When Brian realizes winter is quickly approaching, he knows to survive the winter he must have shelter, warmer clothes, and food. Brian begins to make preparations for the coming of freezing weather. Brian must also survive encounters with many wild animals, such as wolves, bears, elks, and even a skunk. While many things go wrong, Brian continues to learn from his surroundings, and uses that knowledge to survive. Readers will find Brian creative and his adventures in the wild fun to read. While this book will probably be mostly enjoyed by boys, it can be enjoyed by girls, too. The best recommendation I can give, perhaps comes from my 13 year old son, who rarely reads for enjoyment. He only reads when the book totally captures him. He picked up Brian's Winter while stuck in the backseat of the car during a two hour trip and began to read it. He kept saying, "Mom, this book is really good!" I had to make him give me the book, so I could get it read and reviewed for a class assignment. That tells me this is a book that is worth reading and is an excellent book to keep in my classroom library.