Customer Reviews

Brian's Winter

5 star:		(111)
4 star:		(94)
3 star:		(17)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

This is the sequel to Hatchet. The what if continuation of Brian's stay. This is equally as good as Hatchet, and just as interesting, making it one of Gary Paulsen's best. This is a book for everyone, and is filled with excitment and great scenes. those who like survival stories, Gary Paulsen, or even just anyone will enjoy reading this novel.

A Young Boy Trying to Survive

A young thirteen-year-old boy named Brian is lost in the Canadian Wilderness, do you think he will make it out alive? In this novel Brian does not know any survival skills. The survival skills that he must learn are hunting skills, clothing, and recognizing nature=s signal. I will tell you more about these skills in my next paragrgh.
The hunting skills that he learns are walk quietly towards the animal, be 15-20 feet away from the animal, and do not make any noises. He learns that he needs bigger and more powerful weapons, so he makes a new bow and arrow and a spear. Brian makes a lot of clothing. The kinds of clothing he makes are a vest with hood and sleeves, gloves, and snowshoes. The way Brian gets his materials are by killing rabbits, killing a moose, and taking strings from his sleeping bag. When Brian put on his snow shoes it made him a better hunter. Last of all he recognizes natures signals. He learns that he should pay attention to the weather. He didn't=t bother about the weather but when winter came he started to pay attention.

Personal Reviews
This was a very good book because it was descriptive and I never wanted to stop reading it. There was a very descriptive part when Brian went hunting for the deer, it was talking about how you could only see Brian=s head, and it said that he was walking very slowly towards it and then shot it. I would give this book a 9 out of 10. There was only two parts why I did not like this book was kind of to short and because it ended too short. Brian was smart and a patient kid, because he knew how to make a bow and arrow, a spear, and all kinds of clothing. He is a patient kid because he never gave up on the idea that he would make it out alive.

When I had first read the first few chapters of Brian's winter, I had known this book was going to be a story that I would remember for the rest of my life and maybe even use some of Brian's skill that I would learn later on in the book. When I had realized what he was going through all by him self and his life on the line, I realized what if that was me. I had realized what he had to do to stay alive such as kill many animals for food, or build a sturdy shelter for protection, and some animal skin for warmth. I really liked this book because it taught me a lot of useful things and the author helped me picture a lot of images in my head. I disliked how the author put some words that I did not understand. Brian was the main character that showed skill, different attitudes, and ways of survival. I would rate this book a 9 out of 10 because I really liked this book. I would recommend this book for all ages, I think it is a great book and it deserves to be honored.

My son love any book written by this author and if he keeps writing books I am going to go broke! Highly recommend them for older children and teens.

This was a great book. I loved that we were able to find out about Brian after the summer. Gary Paulsen responded well to his readers comments.

In Brian winter by Gary Paulsen there where many ineresting points. Some of them include when Brian home was set on fire. It's was intersting because he Jumped out of the window and saved his self from a bear too. I Will tell peopel about this story. because it was fun and adventureous.

Thirteen year old Brian was rescued in the hatchet but what if he wasn`t rescued? This book explains what might of happened if he wasn`t rescued. Too survive Brian must make shelter, get food, cook the food, and he has to keep him self warm. This story is mostly character because Brian changes himself in mind and body. He changes his weight because he eats healthier and he changes from unserios to serious he changes his courage bye going deeper in the woods every time.

Brian a thirteen year old boy doing what he can to survive the harsh winter in the strange new world. Brian was going to visit his dad in Canada for the summer. But a tragic freak accident happened causing the plane to go down in the middle of nowhere. Brian was the only one to survive the crash. He also had survived the summer.
But Fall had come and he started to notice the changes slowly. Brian knew he had to get ready for winter because he did not know how bad of a winter would come. So he started to gather supplies he would need. First Brian made things that would help him survive the winter cold. Next, he learned on how to fight and survive in the new this new world. Third, Brian learned the many skills he would need to know. Finally, Brian learned what he was truly capable of doing. Still in the winter stranded alone Brian must still survive.
Gary Paulsen had done an excellent job with this story. He made it seem very realistic. He was very descriptive and wrote very well. But he could have made the story a little longer and some of the chapters a little longer. Gray had made Brain an excellent character; he hadn't made him very good mentally. But other wise Brian was a well-written character. I would rate it at 4 stars out of 4, because of how well written the story was and how well written Brian was. This Story would be recommended for everyone and a lot of beginner readers, because how well written the plot was. Also for the beginner readers it's good because how descriptive Gray Paulsen had been for the story.

Martynas Preisaits
04/26/04
B-4
Surviving the wild

Imagine yourself in the wilderness, alone with no one else to take care of you, what would you do? How would you live and survive? A boy trapped in the wilderness w ho needed to live alone for more than six months. He ignored the signs the nature was showing him and when he finally understood that what is coming soon will decide if he will live or die.
Slowly winter came and he got ready by making new weapons. His lance and also his war bow. He gathered a lot of meat by killing a moose and a dear. He used the entire hide to make clothes and a rug to sleep on when the ground gets cold. He discovered that when it gets really cold trees start to explode, he also learned that wolves are hunters who hunt in gangs and how terrible it is to see a prey being eaten alive! A cruel winter is coming and he still has a lot to do to prepare for it.
This was good and had told about how to survive and live in the wilderness. The dislikes in the book that were found are that there should have been more intensity and the part where he was twice attacked by a bear and did not get hurt from him, sounded unreal. Brian was a good person for the story and I liked that the person who had no experiences in surviving in the Canadian wilderness, he was also not some big guy who could fights those big animals. I always thought that if someone gets lost in the wilderness, he or she has just a slim chance of surviving. This time Brian had to survive the winter, which seemed unreal. The last thing that I disliked about the story was the survival pack. He had a lighter, a rope, sleeping bag, pots to make food and some other stuff that helped him survive.
I would rate this book an 8 out of 10 because it could have had some more action and some more adventure. It was a lot easier for him with all the other stuff he had. I would recommend this book to everyone who is going to fly a plane to their relatives or friends in places they have never been and also to everyone else who likes to travel.

Cold Winter
Brian a thirteen year old boy doing what he can to survive the harsh winter in the strange new world. Brian was going to visit his dad in Canada for the summer. But a tragic freak accident happened causing the plane to go down in the middle of nowhere. Brian was the only one to survive the crash. He also had survived the summer.
But Fall had come and he started to notice the changes slowly. Brian knew he had to get ready for winter because he did not know how bad of a winter would come. So he started to gather supplies he would need. First Brian made things that would help him survive the winter cold. Next, he learned on how to fight and survive in the new this new world. Third, Brian learned the many skills he would need to know. Finally, Brian learned what he was truly capable of doing. Still in the winter stranded alone Brian must still survive.
Gary Paulsen had done an excellent job with this story. He made it seem very realistic. He was very descriptive and wrote very well. But he could have made the story a little longer and some of the chapters a little longer. Gray had made Brain an excellent character; he hadn't made him very good mentally. But other wise Brian was a well-written character. I would rate it at 4 stars out of 4, because of how well written the story was and how well written Brian was. This Story would be recommended for everyone and a lot of beginner readers, because how well written the plot was. Also for the beginner readers it's good because how descriptive Gray Paulsen had been for the story.