Brian's Hunt

It is an exciting book that helps carry on the series. It has a great story line and plot as well. I read this book because of the previous books.

I really enjoy Paulsen's writing. He has a magnificent even voice as he writes which makes the reading experience more soothing. I enjoyed the snide comments about Jack London's wilderness/survival knowledge. It would be interesting to see London and Paulsen go head to head. ( )

RGG: Brief wilderness story involving Brian Robeson, protagonist of Hatchet. Very graphic.

Matt O'Connor Language Arts /Mr.Bronson September 12, 2011
Class : The Bat Cave

Independent Reading /Book Review
Summer Reading
Brian's Hunt

Gary Paulsen

Rating: 

Brian’s Hunt is unlike many other books. In the past Brian has been through many tough times. After surviving a plane crash, he was lost in the Canadian wilderness with just a hatchet. There he learned to be a part of the wild.

Gary Paulsen is also the author of the award winning novel Hatchet. Brian’s Hunt is the third book in the series. In this book Paulsen continues the story of Brian and his ability to survive.

This series is action packed. Brian is always facing new challenges and finding different ways to hunt and survive. For example he finds many ways to use his bow such as hunting, protection, and bow fishing. Brian also finds himself being attacked by moose and bears during his journey.

I also like the way Brian overcomes his problems. Instead of panicking Brian calmly thinks of all of the solutions he could use to solve his problem. He also uses information he learned at school. Most of the time it works.

I have now read all of the books in the Hatchet series. They are all very good but I have to say the original book, Hatchet is the best.

The books in the series are all a little different. Hatchet is about Brian getting lost in the woods and learning how to survive. Brian’s Winter was mainly the same except that he was learning how to hunt bigger game such as deer and moose. Brian’s Hunt is the most unique because in this book he is traveling north to visit a camp that he stayed at while waiting to be rescued. During this his friends are mauled by a bear and he must track it down and kill it.

I really liked Gary Paulsen’s technique. In this book he would put something that Brian must overcome and then slowly add more and more detail until you were just itching to know what happens next. At most points in the book I couldn’t put it down because of my own curiosity. ( )

I dont think that this was such a good book. I thought that it was like all of the other ones and was a little short. ( )