Brian's Winter
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| Author | Gary Paulsen |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Brian series |
| Genre(s) | Young adult |
| Publisher | Scholastic Press |
| Released | January 1996 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 133 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-590-69013-2 |
| Preceded by | Hatchet |
| Followed by | The River |
Brian's Winter is the 1996 sequel to Gary Paulsen's young adult novel Hatchet.
[edit] Plot summary
At the end of Hatchet, thirteen-year-old Brian, who has been trapped in the Canadian wilderness after a plane accident, decides to dive for supplies from the submerged aircraft. He recovers, among other things, an emergency transmitter. Within hours, a pilot receives the beacon and rescues him. The book ends with a note that Brian, who learns wilderness survival through trial and error, probably would not have survived the upcoming harsh winter.
Paulsen says that many readers wrote to him, complaining about the deus ex machina ending. In response, Paulsen wrote Brian's Winter, which explores what would have happened if Brian had not activated the transmitter. The story deals with Brian constructing a winter shelter, building snow shoes, being attacked by a bear, and learning to make a more powerful bow. Eventually, Brian meets a family of Cree trappers, who help him return home.
This book is followed chronologically by three sequels, The River (actually written before Brian's Winter), Brian's Return, and Brian's Hunt.
| Works of Gary Paulsen |
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| Brian series: Hatchet • Brian's Return • Brian's Winter • The River • Brian's Hunt Tucket series: Mr. Tucket • Call Me Francis Tucket • Tucket's Ride • Tucket's Gold • Tucket's Home • Tucket's Travels World of Adventure Series: Captive! • Curse of the Ruins • Danger on Midnight River • Escape from Fire Mountain historical novels: The Quilt • Alida's Song • Soldier's Heart • Nightjohn • Sarny comical books:The Amazing Life of Birds The Twenty-Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech • Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day • The Glass Cafe: Or the Stripper and the State; How My Mother Started a War with the System That Made Us Kind of Rich and a Little Bit Famous • The Boy Who Owned the School • The Schernoff Discoveries • Harris and Me other: Canoe Days • The Beet Fields • The White Fox Chronicles • The Transall Saga • The Rifle •The Tent • Dogteam • The Car • A Christmas Sonata • The Monument •The Haymeadow • Woodsong • The Night the White Deer Died • Canyons • The Winter Room •The Voyage of the Frog • The Island • The Crossing non-fiction:How Angel Petersen Got His Name • Caught by the Sea • Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books • Father Water, Mother Woods • My Life in Dog Years • Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers |
