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Brian's Hunt

by Gary Paulsen

Series: Brian Robeson (5)

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Brian is camping in the Canadian wilderness, when he senses he must head north. His Hunt begins.
  hgcslibrary | Nov 29, 2009 |
The hunt by Gary Paulsen is a up beat exiting book. I the begining he is in the wilderness and fishing with his bow. He later in the book has to figure out who or what killed his friends at there cabin across the lake.
  Zunker | Oct 14, 2009 |
1180L,GRL R,GL 6.2,AR 5.9,8 copies
  Totarobookroom | Jul 24, 2009 |
1180L,GRL R,GL 6.2,AR 5.9,8 copies
  Totarobookroom | Jul 24, 2009 |
I am officially a fan of Gary Paulsen’s writing after reading this book. I have not read Hatchet or any of his other books but now I plan to. I know this book would appeal to young male readers elementary through middle school. It would be a bit of a sell to girls of the same age though. That may be why I hadn’t read it until I became a middle school librarian. In the story, a young man named Brian embarks on a trip back into the wilderness that he had learned to love and long for. Paulsen doesn’t shy away from writing unpleasant (but accurate) and gory details about an injured dog that Brian finds and the horrific scene of carnage left by a bear that he stumbles across later. I suspect many people have a hard time believing that the main character, Brian, could be drawn to living life the way he does in the story. This book is believable because I have had a great deal of experience in wilderness survival, canoeing and camping in Northern Minnesota and the Canadian wilderness. During my travels (much of it in my teen years) I learned a great deal about French Voyageurs and Anishinabe (Ojibwe) ways. It is the details that make the story so interesting. The descriptions were so accurate at times that it made me curious about the author. So I did research on Gary Paulsen and found out that his stories are in fact based on his own experiences. This story would definitely appeal to an adventurous and independent sort of person. ( )
  Heidi001 | Jul 13, 2009 |
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Amazon.com (ISBN 0553494155, Mass Market Paperback)

The multitudes of Gary Paulsen fans (or more accurately, Brian fans) will be thrilled to find that the author has penned yet another story about Brian Robeson. Although Paulsen once claimed that he would "write no more about Brian," he seems to have been softened by the "staggering amounts of mail from readers" begging for more about the teen who is more at home alone in the wilderness than in the hustle and bustle of city life. In Brian’s Hunt, the 16-year-old returns to the remote woods and lakes of Canada, where he encounters a mysteriously injured dog. His experiences two years earlier, after surviving a plane crash and months alone with only a hatchet to protect and provide for himself (Hatchet, Brian’s Winter, etc.), have prepared him well to survive now. But can anything prime him for the horror that awaits him on an island campsite where he intends to meet his Cree friends?

This short episode is rife with the kind of gritty--even gruesome--details readers have come to expect from the Newbery Honor author. In an afterword, Paulsen reminds readers that he bases his stories on personal experiences and his extensive knowledge of the wild side of nature.

Confidential to avid fans: an intimation of romance amid all the rugged drama hints that this will not be the last Brian book, either. (Ages 10 to 13) --Emilie Coulter

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:19 -0400)

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