![]() Interestingly, the next two sequels follow the storyline presented here.īrian's Return (1999) deals with Brian's difficulty in adjusting to life back in civilization, as he realizes that his true home is the wilderness. Because Hatchet had Brian rescued in less than two months during the summer, Brian's Winter covers what Brian would have to do to survive if he was stranded in the Canadian wilderness for the winter. The researcher ends up comatose after being struck by lightning (which also wrecks their radio), and Brian has to struggle to bring him down a river to get back to civilization.īrian's Winter (1996) is an Alternate Continuity that doesn't lead to Brian getting rescued at the end of Hatchet. The River (1991) has the government send a researcher into the wilderness with Brian to study the techniques he used to survive. The rest of the book deals with Brian's struggles to survive in the Canadian wilderness. On the way there, the pilot has a heart attack and Brian ends up taking control of the plane until he can crash land in a lake. His mother gives him a hatchet as a gift before he leaves to visit his father, but frankly he thinks it's kind of a crappy present. His parents are divorced and live far apart, and the novel opens up with Brian riding on a small plane to go live with his father for the summer. Hatchet (1986), the first novel, centers around a 13-year-old boy named Brian. ![]() Hatchet won a Newbery Honor and was made into a TV Movie in 1990 called '' A Cry in the Wild''. The first book, Hatchet, was written in 1987 and is the probably the best known of the series. If you're looking for the slasher movie, click here.Ī well-researched story of the Kids' Wilderness Epic genre written by Gary Paulsen.
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