Hatchet
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    Hatchet | Gary Paulsen
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    Hatchet

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    • By Gary Paulsen
    • Narrated By Peter Coyote
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    Newbery Award-winner Gary Paulsen's best-known book comes to audio in this breathless, heart-gripping drama about a boy pitted against the wilderness with only a hatchet and a will to live. On his way to visit his recently divorced father in the Canadian mountains, thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is the only survivor when the single-engine plane crashes. His body battered, his clothes in shreds, Brian must now stay alive in the boundless Canadian wilderness.

    the whole family loved it!!!

    This started out being a entertainment for a road trip and turned into a highlight of our weekend away. My mind kept going back to the movie "Castaway..Show More »

    Reviewed on Apr 23 2004 by A User ()
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    The River | Gary Paulsen
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    The River

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    • By Gary Paulsen
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    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.

    10 y.o. boy gives 2 thumbs up
    Reviewed on Feb 24 2013 by Christine (Hoffman Estates, IL, United States)
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    Brian's Winter | Gary Paulsen
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    Brian's Winter

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    • By Gary Paulsen
    • Narrated By Richard Thomas
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    In Hatchet, 13-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed only with his hatchet. Finally, as millions of readers know, he was rescued at the end of the summer. But what if Brian hadn't been rescued? What if he had been left to face his deadliest enemy - winter?

    Wonderful survival tale!

    As I listened to "Hatchet" I thought that Brian just barely survived then I listened to "Brian's Winter," and I couldn't believe all the great lessons..Show More »

    Reviewed on Jul 20 2009 by Susan (Ventura, CA, USA)
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    Brian's Return | Gary Paulsen
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    Brian's Return

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    • By Gary Paulsen
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    As millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter know, Brian Robeson survived alone in the wilderness by finding solutions to extraordinary challenges. But now that's he's back in civilization, he can't find a way to make sense of high school life. He feels disconnected, more isolated than he did alone in the North. The only answer is to return-to "go back in"-for only in the wilderness can Brian discover his true path in life, and where he belongs.

    Gary Paulsen has great stories
    Reviewed on Mar 14 2012 by Rhonda (Arvada, CO, United States)
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    Brian's Hunt | Gary Paulsen
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    Brian's Hunt

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    • By Gary Paulsen
    • Narrated By Ron McLarty
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    Millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, Brian’s Winter, and Brian’s Return know that Brian Robeson is at home in the Canadian wilderness. He has stood up to the challenge of surviving alone in the woods. He prefers being on his own in the natural world to civilization. When Brian finds a dog one night, a dog that is wounded and whimpering, he senses danger. The dog is badly hurt, and as Brian cares for it, he worries about his Cree friends who live north of his camp. With his new companion at his side, and with a terrible, growing sense of unease, he sets out to learn what happened.

    Another Great Book in the Brian Book Series.
    Reviewed on Mar 20 2012 by Kerry (Lynn haven, FL, United States)