![]() ![]() During their stay, things take a grim turn when their camp is struck by lightning, which knocks Derek into a coma and destroys the radio. Though the government stipulated the duo take emergency supplies, Brian insists they abandon everything but a knife and an emergency radio, saying that it would be impossible to eat bugs and sleep in the rain when a tent and prepared food is within reach. This time, Brian sets out for a remote Canadian location accompanied by Derek Holtzer, a government psychologist. ![]() ![]() Though reluctant at first, Brian eventually agrees. The 1993 reprint includes a note (copied from Paulsen's handwriting) explaining about the survival aspects of The River that "like all my books it is based on things that happened to me." Plot īrian Robeson, a 13-year-old boy who spent 54 days surviving alone in the Canadian wilderness the previous summer, is hired by the government to again live in the woods and surviving only by his wits, so the military can learn his survival techniques. It is the second installment in the Hatchet series, although Brian's Winter (1996) kicks off an alternative trilogy of sequels to Hatchet that disregard The River from canon. The River, also known as The Return and Hatchet: The Return, is a 1991 young adult novel by Gary Paulsen. ![]()
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