The River

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Summary: The River was O.K.
Review: Adam, David, Steven and Tim did not care that much for The River because it was no as exciting as Hatchet. Brian was not as succesful, and he did not discover how to do as many things as he did in Hatchet. He already knew how to do a lot of thngs when he went on the river.

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Summary: I really think there are better books
Review: The River was quite descriptive but boring. I think Gary Paulsen writes too many adventure books, but over all it was pretty good. It was a little adventure book that tells of a wilderness surviver, Brian Robeson, who is asked to share his knowledge of the wild with a survival gov. offical in the wild. But this official happens to just get struck by lightning and lapse into a little coma. Then Brian has to go save him and get help. So he makes a raft of logs and carries him for help. Maybe Gary Paulsen should just make it more exciting!

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Summary: A Good Adventure Book for Young Adolescents!
Review: Brian Robeson is approached by representatives from a government survival school. The representatives want Brian to "do it again." Almost two years before, Brian survived a plane crash in Canada and had to live in the wilderness for fity-four days with only a hatchet. Brian, now fifteen, attempts to recreate/simulate the past event along with a companion, a psychologist named Derek. The situation is different this go round, and Brian and Derek begin an adventure that will change their lives. I liked the book because of the adventure Paulsen created throughout it. The book is easy for readers to move through and has short chapters. The only problem I had with it was that Brian seems to come up with a plan to survive so easily.

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Summary: A Good Book
Review: I liked the book because there was a lot of action but some of it was hard to believe. Gary Paulsen did a good job of describing it. I liked the book Hatchet better because there was a real plane crash and in The River there was no plane crash; they just got dropped off. In Hatchet he had a hatchet and the hatchet was a cool thing.

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Summary: A GREAT BOOK
Review: I READ THE BOOK THE RIVER BY GARY PAULSEN WHICH IS A GREAT SEQUAL TO HATCHIT. IN THIS BOOK A YOUNG BOY GETS ASKED TO GO BACK TO A PLACE WHERE HE CAN BE "STUDIED" ON HOW HE LIVES BY HIMSELF. WHEN HE DECIDES HE WANTS TO GO BACK TO THE WILDERNESS AND SHOW DERIC (AN ADULT WHO WENT WITH HIM) HOW TO SURVIVE BY HIMSELF. WHILE THERE A BIG STORM CAME BY AND DERIC GETS HIT BY LIGHTNING AND BECOMES IN A COMA. BRIAN (STUCK WITH A DEAD RADIO) HAS TO HELP DERIC IN ANY WAY THAT HE CAN SO THAT DERIC CAN LIVE. BRIAN BUILDS A RAFT AND FOLLOWES A MAP HE FOUND IN DERIC'S BREIF CASE AND RAFTS DOWN A RIVER. TO SEE IF HE MAKES YOU'LL HAVE TO READ THE STORY AND FIND OUT. BUT ANYONE LOOKING FOR AN ADVENTURE WITHOUT LEAVING THERE SEAT WILL HAVE TO READ THE RIVER BY GARY PAULSEN!

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Summary: THE RIVER BY GARY PAULSEN
Review: I READ THE SEQUAL TO HATCKIT CALLED THE RIVER. IT WAS A REAL GOOD BOOK. THE PLOT ABOUT BRIAN AND DERIC WAS BRILIANT. I THINK ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GO FOR AN ADVENTUR WITHOUT GETTING UP FROM THERE SEAT SHOULD READ THIS BOOK!

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Summary: the river
Review: I READ THE RIVER BY GARY PAULSEN ( THE SEQUAL TO HATCHIT )FOR A BOOK PROJECT AND I REALLY LIKED THE BOOK. IT WAS ABOUT A BOY NAMED BRIAN WHO WAS STUCK OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE FOR 54 DAYS BY HIMSELF A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK AND A GROUP OF PEOPLE WANT HIM TO DO IT AGAIN. WHEN HE DECIDES TO GO BACK,ONE MAN NAMED DERIC GOES WITH HIM TO EXPERANCE WHAT BRIAN HAD GONE THROGHT. ONE NIGHT THERE WAS A BIG THUNDER STORM AND WHILE TRYING TO CALL FOR HELP DERIC GETS HIT BY LIGHTNING. I SUGGEST THAT ANY ONE WHO WANTS AN ADVENTURE WITHOUT EVEN GETTING UP FROM THERE SEAT READ THIS BOOK! ( READ HATCHIT FIRST SO YOU KNOW WHATS GOING ON )

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Summary: Brian Struggles With a Storm
Review: Brian struggles with a storm and Derick goes into a coma! It's hard to find food, and there is a raging river. Read this novel, to learn what happens in the end. The River is about thirteen year old Brian Robeson who had to re-enact his survival in the Canadian woods, all over again. Derick is another character in the novel. They are dropped off at a lake where Brian refuses to bring a raft, or other survival gear. They find a shelter during a storm. Derick has his radio and he gets hit by lightning, which leaves him in a coma. Brian tries to use the radio to contact someone for help. The next day he builds a raft and Derick and Brian go down the river for some help. I did not like the book. I think Paulsen really didn't describe the setting much, only the shelter. Also the plot was boring and it was not suspenseful. It was kind of short and it ended abruptly. I would recommend that Paulsen develop the ending more.

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Summary: Exciting Adventure that you should read!
Review: The River is an exciting sequel to Hatchet. So if you want to read The River you better read Hatchet first. Otherwise you won't understand some parts of the story in The River. The story began with three instructors from the Navy Survival School suddenly knocked on Brian's door impatiently and asked him to survive in the woods again. They wanted him to train the navy to survive in the woods like what he did in "HATCHET". This book is about the adventure Brian had with Derek, a team member of the Navy, and how they survived in a thunderstorm.

This story is interesting but not that realistic. I doubt if any mother would let a child take the risk of going into the woods alone on purpose. In both Hatchet and The River Brian survived with luck. I think the author really wants his readers to learn that in any adverse environment, including in every daily life, the essential survival skills are intelligence, courage and strength.

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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: I just loved this book! I was a great idea to make Brian go back like that. I loved that part. The best thing I like about your books is how descriptive you are. Like in Hatchet where Brian had to dive into the plane to get the survival pack and how he saw the dead pilot. How you described every detail is amazing.