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Summary: every kid should read this book
Review: AFTER BEING LOST IN THE WOODS, BRIAN DOESN'T FEEL LIKE HE FITS IN ANYMORE, WITH ANYONE. HE ENJOYED THE WOODS AND PLANS A TRIP BACK FOR GOOD. I FOUND I HAD TO CONTINUE READING. I COULDN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT. IT REALLY IS A GREAT BOOK. I THINK EVERYONE WHO READS IT WILL ENJOY IT!!!!
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Summary: every kid should read this book
Review: AFTER BEING LOST IN THE WOODS, BRIAN DOESN'T FEEL LIKE HE FITS IN ANYMORE, WITH ANYONE. HE ENJOYED THE WOODS AND PLANS A TRIP BACK FOR GOOD. I FOUND I HAD TO CONTINUE READING. I COULDN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT. IT REALLY IS A GREAT BOOK. I THINK EVERYONE WHO READS IT WILL ENJOY IT!!!!
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Summary: Brian's Return
Review: Brian's Return his nothing compared to the Hatchet, the River,and Brian's Winter. I thought Brian's Return was too short and Ididn't get a feeling of closure. What happens is Brian has return tothe city and regular city life. He hates TV's because he thinks it took so much away from his thinking. Sports and vidoe games seem silly to him, pale in comparison to what his real life had been like int woods. He also can't get into sports and games, because he couldn't believe in them. Then Brian gets into a fight with a fellow student and is sent to a blind former cop for counseling named Caleb. Brian tells Caleb of his experiences in the woods and he starts to miss the woods. So then Brian decides to go back to the Canadian woods and stay with the Smallhorns. If you want to know what happens to him during his journey through the woods, you have to read and find out for yourself. I would reccomend this book to people who enjoyed reading the Hatchet, the River, and Brian's Winter.
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Summary: a smelly book
Review: Brian's return is a book about a 16 year old who has finally been rescued form the wilderness.The time is about a year later after Brian has been rescued form the wilderness of Canada. (I recommend you read the first three before reading this one our at least the first one).Brian can't stand living in the city and wants to return to the wilderness but if he dose he will bring a couple helpful items.The question is will he? If you liked The hatchet and the other two and would like to know the final ending of Brian's adventures i recommend this book.This book is not as action packed as the other three but is a very surprising and fun book to read.
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Summary: Brians Return
Review: Brian's Return is about a boy who has lived in the forest for a long time. He comes back into the city to tell his mom all about his trip. He starts school to see if he likes it or not. Brian tells his mom how much he hates it and he wants to go back. She first tells him to try it again to see if he likes it. After, school he goes and hangs out with his friends. Brian and this bullie both like the same girl. Brian beats the kid up really bad. After, his mom heres what happens she hires a counselerto help him. Every day Brian goes and see's him. He tells him about the experience he has with the forest. Brian tells his mom he is going back to the forest. She ask him to stay but he said he is going. Brian and his mom both start to pack all of his stuff he will need. He gets a ride from the pilot to the forest. Every now and then he writes letters to Caleb the counsler. Brian tells him how he has been, and how he is doing. If you wnat to know more just read the book. What I liked about this book is it deals with problems that we have right now. It relates to me because I do most of that stuff.
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Summary: Brian's Return
Review: Brian's Return is the third and final sequel to Gary Paulsen's 1988 Newbery Honor book Hatchet. In this sequel Brian is an unhappy 15 year old high school student who is having great difficulty adjusting to a normal "civilized" life after being alone in the wilderness. For almost two years he tries to fit in but he just can't seem to connect with his old friends and their seemingly trivial concerns. Through conversations with a counselor Brian realizes that he must return to the wilderness to find himself and his place in the world. This book chronicles his canoe trip back into the wild. Paulsen's desciptions of the scenery and wildlife are so vivid and realistic that readers will feel they are on the trip with Brian. If you have read Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter, you MUST read Brian's Return. Although it is a little more reflective than the other action packed books, it is still a fitting conclusion to Brian's saga. I highly recommend Brian's Return.
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Summary: The third and best sequel to Hatchet
Review: Brian's Return, by Gary Paulsen, is an adventure/survival book about Brian's long-awaited return to the Canadian woods written by Paulsen, a three time Newberry Honor award winner. The story begins with Brian, a 16 year old boy trying to live a normal life. The hard part for him is, he spent 48 days in the Canadian woods after his pilot had a heart attack and it changed his perspective on life. He can't find joy in having his food put right in front of him, or talking about who was going out with whom. After beating up a football player, he sees a counselor named Caleb. Caleb listens to his beautiful descriptions, and tells Brian that the answer was to go back up into the wilderness. He creates a list and a plan for a hundred mile kayak trip to eventually visit the Smallhorns, who rescued him in Brian's Winter. Brian goes through yet another action packed wilderness experience in Brian's Return. This book would be a little hard for young kids to find the true meaning of, so ages 11 and up would be a good reccomended age. Anyone who enjoyed Hatchet and its other sequels will enjoy this book.
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Summary: Milking It For All It's Worth
Review: First of all, you should not read this book if you have not read "Hatchet," which comes earlier in the series. If you like that book enough, you should go straight on to "Brian's Winter," and if you're still interested, read "The River." This will bring you up to where "Brian's Return" begins. I loved "Hatchet" and "Brian's Winter"-- but after that, author Gary Paulsen added two more books to the series, which he shouldn't have. I was quite disappointed, and feel that this book tainted the series: It's filled with a great deal of one-sentence (and even one-word) paragraphs--I believe that Mr. Paulsen was trying to fill up enough space to publish what qualified as another "book." You should note that this watered- down story fills 115 tiny pages--and the book went straight to paperback. I don't think that Mr. Paulsen took this book so seriously as the earlier ones. However, there's plenty to satisfy fans of the series: For example, short portraits of how Brian reacted when he got back home and his trouble fitting back into school. Even better is an interaction between Brian and an adult who sees things his way--a fellow man of the woods. If you're an ardent fan of the series (as I was and still am), you probably can't resist buying this book anyway. But if you're not sure, you aren't missing much by passing it up.
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Summary: Yet another great sequile to the hatchet series
Review: Gary has pulled off yet another one! Brians return is an overall great read for a rainey day. It is when brian gets saved befor the winter and is shipped back to his home town in the good old USA. Brian has adjusted to the wilderness and is not yet ready to go back to civilazation. Things happen and brian is forced to go into tharepey with a blind x-cop. The x-cop shows him the light and now brian is preparing to go back into the wilderness, but this time he's prepared. Another great book from Gary Paulson and a great book for all ages.
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Summary: A Really Great Book! Medford, Massachussetts
Review: I think Brian's Return is a great book. If you have read Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter (like I have) then you will understand the story better 'cause you probably wouldn't really understand it if you haven't read at least one of those three books that came before this one. This time, Brian is back at home and he can't seem to adjust to his formal life at home. After he gets into a huge fight with this kid who is jelous of him and gets arrested for it, he decides that the best place for him is back in the woods and so he goes back there. This time, Brian is prepared and he is used to the way the woods is so he can survive. I think this book is awesome and if you have read Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter and liked those books, then I can gaurentee that you will like Brian's Return! Even if you haven't read those books but have read other books by Gary Paulsen then you should get this book!
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