Hatchet
This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival
story with which all others are compared—and a page-turning, heart-stopping
adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor.
Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his
father when the single-engine plane in which he is flying crashes. Suddenly,
Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a
tattered Windbreaker and the hatchet his mother gave him as a present—and the
dreadful secret that has been tearing him apart since his parent’s divorce. But
now Brian has no time for anger, self pity, or despair—it will take all his
know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed, to
survive.
The River
"We want you to do it again."
These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two
years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for 54 days with
nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived.
Now the government wants him to go back into the wilderness so that astronauts and the military can learn the survival techniques that kept Brian alive. Soon the project backfires, though, leaving Brian with a wounded partner and a long river to navigate. His only hope is to build a raft and try to transport the injured man a hundred miles downstream to a trading post--if the map he has is accurate.
Brian's Winter
In Hatchet, 13-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive
alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed only with his hatchet. He was rescued
at the end of the summer. Brian's Winter begins where
Hatchet might have ended: Brian is not rescued, but must build on his survival
skills to face his deadliest enemy--a northern winter.
Brian's Return
As millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter know, Brian Robeson survived alone in the wilderness
by finding solutions to extraordinary challenges. But now that's he's back in
civilization, he can't find a way to make sense of high school life. He feels
disconnected, more isolated than he did alone in the North. The only answer is
to return-to "go back in"-for only in the wilderness can Brian
discover his true path in life, and where he belongs.
Brian's Hunt
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.