This was a good follow up to the previous two books in the series, however I was not that crazy as to how the book turned out. I think that it would be a good book to encourage a class to read but only if the first two books had been read and the class showed interest in following Brian's life. I also think that this book would not flow that well in certain school settings and that it might work better in schools in more urban settings. ( )

Student Review:
This book is about being in the wild. It's about a teenage boy trying to survive by hunting and fishing. The main character, Brian, is struggling to fit in at school, but he can't, so he goes back to the woods where he thinks he fits in.

I think this book is excellent, and I think everybody who is interested in the outdoors would enjoy this book.

Brian's return is the sequel to Brian's winter where he comes back to society and finds that he does not seem to belong as how he did before he went into the forest, as what the people call, "The Bush". He learns that he should go back to the bush to look for what his soul is thinking of looking for. ( )

This is the fourth in Paulsen's Brian series. In Hatchet, Brian was lost in the Canadian wilderness and had to learn to survive. In this book, he returns to the wilderness to find himself. I love the way Paulsen describes in detail everything Brian has to do. Paulsen has lived most of what Brian goes through, so he really knows his stuff. ( )

Well this girl named Haley likes Brian and he's taking her out to lunch. This kid from the football team at his school opens the door and hits him. First falling back into Haley. So she falls back and twisted her knee. So then the football player took a swing at brian and they fight. All that happened and now he has to go to a guidance counsler. Who i may add is blind. So his names Caleb and he believes it was self defense. Then Caleb asked about the times he was in the wilderness. So after that Caleb says "why don't you go back to the people down thee waiting for you?" Brian gets all geared up and ready and in a week he's rady. He ttok his canoe ad went to the cannada's forests. He must of traveled for 3 days for his trip but still not there. He had met a man named Billy and deer, bears, birds, and rabbits. oh yeah, that man camped near im and they had dinner together. They talked and he thinks Billy was him in the future.
J.M