Brian's Hunt | 
 enlarge | Author: Gary Paulsen
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Category: Book
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Rating:  55 reviews
Sales Rank: 6597
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 112
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0553494155
EAN: 9780553494150
ASIN: 0553494155
Publication Date: October 11, 2005
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Amazon.com Review
The multitudes of Gary Paulsen fans (or more accurately, Brian fans) will be thrilled to find that the author has penned yet another story about Brian Robeson. Although Paulsen once claimed that he would "write no more about Brian," he seems to have been softened by the "staggering amounts of mail from readers" begging for more about the teen who is more at home alone in the wilderness than in the hustle and bustle of city life. In Brian s Hunt, the 16-year-old returns to the remote woods and lakes of Canada, where he encounters a mysteriously injured dog. His experiences two years earlier, after surviving a plane crash and months alone with only a hatchet to protect and provide for himself (Hatchet, Brian s Winter, etc.), have prepared him well to survive now. But can anything prime him for the horror that awaits him on an island campsite where he intends to meet his Cree friends? This short episode is rife with the kind of gritty--even gruesome--details readers have come to expect from the Newbery Honor author. In an afterword, Paulsen reminds readers that he bases his stories on personal experiences and his extensive knowledge of the wild side of nature. Confidential to avid fans: an intimation of romance amid all the rugged drama hints that this will not be the last Brian book, either. (Ages 10 to 13) --Emilie Coulter
Product Description
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. His instincts tell him to head north, quickly. With his new companion at his side, and with a terrible, growing sense of unease, he sets out to learn what happened. He sets out on the hunt.
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 Brian's Hunt October 12, 2008
Lisa K. Smith
My fifth-grade students love this series. I've used Gary Paulsen's "Hatchet" series to hook boys into reading. They love the outdoor adventure genre, and can't stop reading once they've started!
 Brian's Hunt KCS May 12, 2008
What if you were a boy that was in the forest since you liked it there, knew how to hunt, and found out that two of your friends were dead? How would you feel? Would you feel scared at what happened? Would you be mad at the killers? Thats how Brian felt.
Brian is a boy who once was in a plane that crashed into the forest and had to survive in the forest. This takes place after his plane crash in the forest.
The main idea of this book is to show how Brian goes into the forest again and finds out that two of his friends are killed. The meaning of the title Brian's Hunt means this is his hunt. He goes on a hunting trip and just lives in the forest for a bit more. Once he finds out his friends have been killed, he starts hunting for the killer.
My opinion of this book is actually an easy read because the font is big and the if you just read you might get through 2-3 chapters. I would recommend this book to 3rd of 4th graders. The pacing of this book is slow in the begining and fast at the end of the book. This book is in a Christian perspective because it doesn't talk about anything demonic or evil.
Brian's Hunt KCS May 12, 2008
What if you were a boy that was in the forest since you liked it there, knew how to hunt, and found out that two of your friends were dead? How would you feel? Would you feel scared at what happened? Would you be mad at the killers? Thats how Brian felt.
Brian is a boy who once was in a plane that crashed into the forest and had to survive in the forest. This takes place after his plane crash in the forest.
The main idea of this book is to show how Brian goes into the forest again and finds out that two of his friends are killed. The meaning of the title Brian's Hunt means this is his hunt. He goes on a hunting trip and just lives in the forest for a bit more. Once he finds out his friends have been killed, he starts hunting for the killer.
My opinion of this book is actually an easy read because the font is big and the if you just read you might get through 2-3 chapters. I would recommend this book to 3rd of 4th graders. The pacing of this book is slow in the begining and fast at the end of the book. This book is in a Christian perspective because it doesn't talk about anything demonic or evil.
Brian's Hunt March 7, 2008
Kathy A. Honeycutt (FPO, AP United States)
Through Gary Paulsen's series about Brian I have a student who now wants to read for the sheer pleasure of reading. I started him on Hatchet and he is now in Brian's Hunt. He says that each book is better than the last.
Great Adventure Story December 20, 2007
Mel Odom (Moore, OK USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Minnesota-native Gary Paulsen has been one of my favorite middle-grade and YA authors for years. I can't really remember which of his books I first read, but he's written a lot of awfully good ones. His characters are always understandable, real, and - mostly - tied to nature in some ways.
His most iconic figure is Brian Robeson, the star of HATCHET. In that book, Brian was a city kid who ended up crashing into the brush when the pilot of the plane he was in had a heart attack and died suddenly. With only a hatchet - no matches, no sleeping bag, and no supplies, Brian taught himself how to live in the wilderness. His personal growth spread over 54 days, and the book become one of the best-received middle-grade novels ever. If you haven't read it, or your child hasn't read it, you should.
BRIAN'S HUNT is the newest book in the five-volume series. Brian is 16 at the time of this novel, and he's become more certain of himself. He's out on the lakes in Canada, taking his time to get to the Cree American Indian tribe he became friends with during the course of his adventures. He's very much a loner, and has even talked his parents and school into letting him try his hand at home schooling himself.
Paulsen's attention to detail and the ways of nature may prove slow-going to most of today's young readers (unless they're already in love with the series), but you can feel the love the author has for such things. I learned a lot about fishing and hunting during the course of the book, though I intend to do neither, and I could tell my ten year old was filing away details while I read the novel to him.
However, Paulsen always delivers on the action in one of his books, and BRIAN'S HUNT is no exception. Before long, Brian wakes up to find a wounded dog looking for food and for help. Brian gives both, though those scenes are somewhat intense and carry a gross-out factor with them. The scenes are realistic, though, and very well written.
As Brian puts the puzzle of the dog's mysterious wounds together with her behavior as he hunts, it doesn't take him long to realize that the dog was mauled by a bear. Once that discovery is made, Brian learns bad news that sets him into the woods after the bear.
The details of how Brian tracks the bear, the skills and the observation necessary, are great. My son and I stayed glued to the pages, though we couldn't help taking a break every now and again to discuss some facet of hunting lore we hadn't been aware of. Although the material is mature, it's written on a level kids can easily understand it, and it's very honest. But if you have a youngster and you're thinking about letting him or her read this one, you might want to read it yourself first to make sure it meets with your approval and that it won't panic or bother your child.
I'm a big fan of Gary Paulsen's, and this book really hit the spot. At 99 pages long, it's a quick, intense read. Although Paulsen said he'd ended the Hatchet adventures after the publication of the last book, I can't help but be hopeful there will be more. Brian is starting to get interested in a girl, and I want to see how that works out for him.
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