Brian's Winter
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Brian's Winter

by Gary Paulsen

1996•Adventure•133 pages

Taste attributes: adventurefamilydramasimplelinearemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalall consuming questrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeA straightforward adventure novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like plain sailing over puzzles.

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Open Library rating

4.4 / 5

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About This Book

In Hatchet, 13-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed only with his hatchet. Finally, as millions of readers know, he was rescued at the end of the summer. But what if Brian hadn't been rescued?

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureFamilyDramaHuman spirit/resilience/survivalAll consuming questRescue/escape/jeopardy

Subjects

Survival in fictionWinterJuvenile fictionSurvival skillsWinter in fictionSurvivalWilderness survivalAirplane crash survival

Details

Author
Gary Paulsen
Published
1996
Pages
133
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