What is 'The River' by Gary Paulsen about?

The government sends Brian back to the Canadian wilderness in this beloved follow-up to the award-winning classic Hatchet from three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen! read more

The River, also known as The Return and Hatchet: The Return, is a 1991 young adult novel by Gary Paulsen. It is the second installment in the Hatchet series, but chronologically the third with Brian's Winter serving as an alternative second book. read more

Gary Paulsen’s The River is about a boy who was stranded in the Canadian wilderness many years before. Brian is asked to go back and relive his survival experience in order to be examined. The River is the third book in the Hatchet series, which is about Brian’s survival after his bush plane crashed. The genre of this book is adventure fiction. read more