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The River

By: Gary Paulsen
Narrated by: Peter Coyote
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Publisher's summary

"We want you to do it again."

These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, 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.

©2001 Gary Paulsen (P)2012 Listening Library

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wonderful follow up to the Hatchet

Such a refreshing continuation of the characters journey post Hatchet. Truly a fun read.

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Great story, good reader

The river has a great story, I really enjoyed it, reader was also good. Great book.

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Riveting book about determination

My daughters talk about Brian throughout the day. It’s as if he has become a friend they can reference. Yesterday my 6 year old daughter was making a goal plan for 2020 and said”what’s that Brian word....oh yeah- determination”.

And, I would listen to Peter Coyote narrate the dictionary and be rapt.

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intriguing

kept us rivited for a long trip
I love the story.. thank you for having it.

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Amazing book

Great action packed book many surprises was an amazing story by gary Paulsen it kept me entertained 😁

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awesome and book

awesome book to listen to. very descriptive . you can close your eyes and be there.

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I wish the story was a bit longer but it was still a good book for sure. I recommend it 100%

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Good sequel

Music was distracting and sometimes made the words difficult to hear but story and narrator were great! Recommend the series!

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great book

so so so s
so so goodgood you are a genius.
thank you. for making this book and make it possible for me to enjoy this book.

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Good for all ages. Awesome story.

It's amazing how much intensity is crammed into the two and a half hours of this audio. Defiantly worth listening to, but Hatchet should be read first. I recommend this not only for kids but adults too. I had the first book Hatchet as one of my book club book for the month and it was a hit. Everybody liked it including my 11 year old son. Narration is good but the music at the beginning was a bit distracting, it went on for over 10 mins and then in between each chapter.

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