The River

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Summary: Brief Summary and Review of The River!
Review: Brian Robeson had already survived fifty-four days in the wilderness of Canada. He was proud to be at home where he could enjoy luxuries that we take for granted like a roof over our head and good food to eat. Yet, he is asked to take the challenge again by Derek Holtzer, a psychologist, in the hopes of helping others (soldiers, pilots, etc.) make their way after being stranded. At first Brian was skeptical, yet somewhere in his mind, he knew that he had to do it. He even missed the wilderness! With the permission of his parents, Brian and Derek set off on a new adventure of survival to a new area of wilderness. During the trip on the bush plane, Brian was convinced that something was just not right. They were taking too many supplies. So, he convinced Derek to leave all of the supplies behind save for the radio and the briefcase with a map and notebooks. Luckily, Brian and Derek found shelter, food and made fire rather quickly. However, their luck changes with a bolt of lightning! With Derek in a coma, Brian makes and navigates a raft down the river from Necktie Lake to the safety of Brannock Trading Post. The River is a great book about survival and adaptation to the bad luck life sometimes presents. The book descriptively depicts the location and the power and drive that people call on to accomplish certain tasks. This book would be great for students in 4th grade and beyond. Teachers could use this book when studying habitat, Canada, maps, survival techniques, geography, etc. and can be integrated in to all subject areas especially Math, Social Studies, Language Arts, Science, and Visual Arts. Overall, it is a fun book to read as well as a great follow-up story to The Hatchet, also by Gary Paulsen.

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Summary: Sam's review of The River
Review: The book The river is a bout a 15 year-old boy named Brian who survived a 54 day stay in the canadian woods, now 3 men want him to do it again as a survial thing. Brian decides to do it to help the people. During a storm Derreck just happend to be holding the radio in his sleep and he got struck by lighting which made the radio, the only source of contact, dead. Now Brian is struggaling to make a raft to get down the river and get to the trading post that was marked on the map. In the end after a struggle he makes it to the trading post!

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Summary: The River
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I really like this book. I like the way that Gary Paulsen acts like he is in the book or he is the one that is out on the lake with no way out. Brian is the main character. He brought a guy with him this time. Last time Brian was alone this time he was not. The guy copied every thing he did .the book was filled with fun facts. The book was sometimes sad. There are times that the two fight. I would rate the book a ten.

By David B

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Summary: The Rivers Rage
Review: The book The River by Gary Paulsen is about a boy named Brian Robensen. He is about 15 years old, and is just getting used to being home after being stranded in the Canadian Wilderness Area. Three men come to his home and ask him to do it again. He decides he will do it to save peoples lives. One man, Derrick, who is with the wilderness survival center, goes with him to the wilderness. The plane leaves and the two only have a radio to call if there is trouble. Trouble comes in the form of lightning, and strands Brian with Derrick in a coma, and the radio is dead. He decides the river is his only hope to civilization...

The book overall was good, but There were one or two things I didn't like, such as Gary Paulsen doesn't explain the camping site very well. He just says that it has a fort, and a fire pit, and the usual camping site stuff. He should have described into detail the fort, and the fire pit, and all the rest of it. Another thing I didn't like was the fact that he introduced the two problems at once. It isn't very realistic that Derrick was holding the radio during his sleep, and the lightning bolt just happened to hit right as the two were sleeping. One thing I did like was the non stop action the whole time after the introduction of the problem. Brian is constantly chasing a raft, or pulling on the raft. I really liked the action of this book.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes wilderness survival, or action books, or who just like to try to figure out how to overcome a problem. You are constantly guessing how he will get out of a problem or if he will get out of problems.

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Summary: The River
Review: I think that this book is a very good and action packed book.

I normally hate reading. I might read 1 book a year. But I could read one of these books all day.

I suggest it to everyone.

O by the way does anyone know if there is another sequal to The River. Email me at [e-mail]
Thanks

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Summary: The River By Folger
Review: Have you ever had a friend that has become unconscious? Well, in the story The River by Gary Paulsen, Brian, the protagonist's best friend, Derek, becomes unconscious. One morning when Brian woke up he wondered why he was laying on his back. Then Brian remembered parts of what happened; the sound, the light, the thunder, and the slamming and cracking of it. Then he remembered Derek. Brian wondered why Derek wasn't awake. He looked over at Derek, but he was face down on his bed. At that point Brian knew Derek was not asleep. Is he dead? As I read the book, my heart was beating because I almost felt like it was my friend lying there.
Brian knew he had to get Derek to a doctor so Brian built a raft. Brian thought to himself; should I take Derek with me or leave him and then get help. Brian decided to take Derek on the raft with him. Brian laid Derek on the raft, climbed on and set off down the river to find a doctor. Brian had a map and hoped it was accurate. The river was one hundred and fifty kilometers long. Will Derek fall off? Will he survive?
Now I invite and encourage you to read the novel The River by Gary Paulsen.

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Summary: The River-Fred
Review: The author is Gary Paulsen.The book was published in 1991.I would give it a
rating of four out of five.The two main charactors are Brian and Derek
Derek comes to Brians door and asks him to go to the wilderness again just like
he did in the Hatchet and live with just some back up gear.Brian doesen't think
anything can go wrong.But when Brian and Derek got to the forest Brian told
Derek not to bring the extra gear exept a radio.But when the storm comes Derek
gets struck by lightning ,and goes into a coma.Brian knows he has to do somthing
about it even though he wants to go home and eat hot food and sleep in a nice warm
bed.He does go home after he takes care of Derek.The moral of the story is : always
be prepared.He learns that he should always expect the unexpected At the end of the
story Brian has become more experienced in life.I liked the book because you are
always wondering and theres always adventure you dont know whats going to happen
next.

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Summary: MR. thielman i wrote a review!
Review: Gary Paulsen's novel the river, is a breath taking book.An example of how deep this book goes is when brian is asked to help the government. We want you to do it again."These words, spoken to Brian Robeson the main character, will change his life. Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for 54 days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived.Now the government wants him to go back into the wilderness so that astronauts and the military can learn the survival techniques that kept Brian alive. Soon the project backfires, though, leaving Brian with a wounded partner and a long river to navigate. His only hope is to build a raft and try to transport the injured man a hundred miles downstream to a trading post, if the map he has is accurate.

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Review: I recommend this book to anyone who liked Hachet or Brian's Winter . I also recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure,wilderness,and a little comedy.
In the beginning of the story, three guys from the goverment came to Brian's house and asked for him to go live out in the wilderness again. At first, he said "no,". Later he said "I have to ask my mom and dad first.They decided to do it for the goverment as long as he got all the survival equipmint his mom asked for. He got evreything till he got there. They didn't let him take it because they said it would be too much like a camping trip. All they let him take was a walkie talkie.
I think Brian is smart because he found fire rocks to start the fire with, but Derek is pretty dumd because he said I have to take notes on how you work. Derek refused to do anything. Brian asked him to get some boughes to make a soft bed but Derek even refused to do that.
A bad storm hits and Derek gets hurt and the walkie talkie breaks. Will Brian be able to save him ? To find out read The River.

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Summary: The River
Review: The author of this book is Gary Paulsen.The sequel to The Hatchet
and Brian's Winter.This story takes place in the Canadian Wilderness.Brian went back to the Canadian Wilderness so a psychologist could write down whet brian did to survive.I would recomend this book for anybody who loves an adventure.