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3.75 AVERAGE
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This review will appear on my site on May 26, 2021.
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As a part of May’s prompt for #Diverseathon2021 I am continuing with book three Brian’s Winter in the Brian’s Saga series by Gary Paulsen
Brian’s Winter continues the story of Hatchet, but asks the question what if Brian had not been rescued at the end? Brian would have been forced to try and survive the harsh Canadian winter. This is the third in the series, I would read it after Hatchet because of the what if in the book.
Much like Hatchet, Brian endures surviving in his environment just not in the harsh winter. Towards the end of the novel there is a scene with wolves attacking a moose for food. This is just animals surviving, but it could be considered somewhat graphic in the description for the younger or sensitive readers.
Richard Thomas narrated Brian’s Winter. He did a good job, but they still like the music to try and enhance the novel reading.
I enjoyed this ‘what if’ scenario of continuing survival.
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This review will appear on my site on May 26, 2021.
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As a part of May’s prompt for #Diverseathon2021 I am continuing with book three Brian’s Winter in the Brian’s Saga series by Gary Paulsen
Brian’s Winter continues the story of Hatchet, but asks the question what if Brian had not been rescued at the end? Brian would have been forced to try and survive the harsh Canadian winter. This is the third in the series, I would read it after Hatchet because of the what if in the book.
Much like Hatchet, Brian endures surviving in his environment just not in the harsh winter. Towards the end of the novel there is a scene with wolves attacking a moose for food. This is just animals surviving, but it could be considered somewhat graphic in the description for the younger or sensitive readers.
Richard Thomas narrated Brian’s Winter. He did a good job, but they still like the music to try and enhance the novel reading.
I enjoyed this ‘what if’ scenario of continuing survival.
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Boring at most parts, but that's just because I'm not an outdoorsy type of person. I liked the way he figured things out, like how he was going to survive. The descriptions of things were a little flat but the whole concept is still really cool.
This short novel features an alternate ending for Paulson's novel Hatchet. In this book, Brian is not rescued at the end of summer. Instead, he has to face the northern winter.
My incoming 7th grader read this as one of his summer reading choices off of a small list. He and I both enjoyed this more than we liked Hatchet. He found Hatchet very repetitive, I found it whiney (though I realize a boy SHOULD whine in such a situation, but it was tiring to read). In this book, Brian is much more confident in his ingenuity and abilities.
My incoming 7th grader read this as one of his summer reading choices off of a small list. He and I both enjoyed this more than we liked Hatchet. He found Hatchet very repetitive, I found it whiney (though I realize a boy SHOULD whine in such a situation, but it was tiring to read). In this book, Brian is much more confident in his ingenuity and abilities.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
This was a good one, but not as good as Hatchet. I read it out loud to my (all boy) students and they loved it.
I actually really enjoyed this installment in Brian's journey, perhaps the best of them all so far. I just really got a kick out of his clever ways of survival and the things he learned and felt about winter. Yes it's a stretch and slight departure from the first book, and you have to ignore the second book even happened (though, having read book 4 now I guess it still did...as did this winter book...so, a little out of order, if you can handle that- it works)- but this one was a lot of fun, I think. A great addition to the collection. Plus, I also happen to love that the author wrote this largely in response to letters from readers- I just think that's really cool.