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Brian's Winter

by Gary Paulsen

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Series: Brian's Saga (3)

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Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.
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This is a direct continuation/alternate ending/retcon of Hatchet, the first book in the series. It changes the ending of Hatchet, so that Brian was still stuck in the wilderness as winter came. We therefore get to see how he applies his hard-earned survival experience and his wilderness-attuned mentality to get through the extreme cold and bad weather of winter.

I like this ending of the story better than the one in Hatched. Brian was ready for this extra challenge, so why deprive readers of the pleasure of seeing him cope with winter?

Once more, the writing is average and simplistic, but the survival and nature content still makes up for it. I'm giving it 3 stars instead of the 4 I gave to Hatchet, however, because I felt the storytelling was a bit by-the-numbers, as if Brian overcame the challenges too easily this time, so there was less conflict. It never felt like he might fail and die at any moment.

Still, this completes Brian's ordeal and coming-of-age nicely, and complements Hatchet as a life-changing experience for him.

One pet peeve: in the end, I would have liked more about what how Brian's family and the world in general reacted to his unexpected survival. I felt a bit cheated that this was not explored. ( )
  jcm790 | May 26, 2024 |
A good juvenile adventure survival book. Brian survives the winter and learns more about himself and survival. ( )
  wvlibrarydude | Jan 14, 2024 |
very good - Ruthie
  hcs_admin | Feb 6, 2023 |
Dit is het verhaal van wat er met Brian Robeson zou zijn gebeurd als hij aan het eind van [b:Neergestort|17269311|Neergestort (Overleven in de Wildernis #1)|Gary Paulsen|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1358802475s/17269311.jpg|1158125] niet was gered en alleen door de koude winter in Noord-Canada moest komen.

De Winter is boek over een jongen genaamd Brian die de winter in de Canadese wildernis moet overleven nadat zijn vliegtuig was neergestort. Brian richtte zijn basiskamp op ongeveer vijftig meter van het meer en ongeveer vijftig meter van het bos.

Hij mist bijna de tekenen dat de winter komt, maar wanneer hij het eindelijk snapt, realiseert hij zich dat hij veel werk te doen heeft. Er zijn veel dingen die hij voor zichzelf zal moeten leren, maar de grootste daarvan is uitzoeken hoe je warm kunt blijven en hoe je voedsel kunt vinden als de temperatuur ver onder 0° daalt.

Ik heb echt genoten van de creatieve kant van dit boek, omdat Brian veel dingen moest improviseren om hem in leven te houden, maar ook om hem de winter door te helpen en hem te huisvesten. Wat me een beetje tegenstaat in dit boek was het einde. Brian vind een blokhut die net iets buiten de grens van zijn ontdekkingstochten ligt. Dan blijkt dat de bewoner van die blokhut al enige tijd wist dat er iemand in de omgeving 'kampeerde'.

(Het is een beetje lastig dat in de Nederlandse vertaling dit het 2e boek in de serie is, maar in de Engelse taal de derde). ( )
  EdwinKort | Oct 18, 2019 |
3.5 stars

In “Hatchet”, 13(?)-year old Brian is stranded in the Canadian North after a plane crash. What if winter had come and he was still there? This looks at Brian trying to survive the winter on his own.

I listened to the audio and enjoyed it. It looks like I rated the first two books 4 stars each, but on thinking back, I feel like “Hatchet” should have been 4 stars and “The River” probably 3.5, same as this one. In any case, it was interesting to see the kinds of things Brian had to do/learn in order to survive over the winter. ( )
  LibraryCin | May 11, 2019 |
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Fall came on with a softness, so that Brian didn't realize what was in store--a hard-spined north woods winter--until it was nearly too late.
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Originally published in USA as: Brian's Winter. Republished in UK as: Hatchet: Winter.
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