41 pages • 1 hour read
Gary PaulsenA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Brian’s Hunt is the fifth and final novel in the Brian’s Saga series. The first novel in the series, Hatchet, was published and 1986 and won the John Newbery Medal in 1988. Knowledge of Brian’s past survival experiences is helpful for understanding his character and the expertise he exhibits in Brian’s Hunt.
In Hatchet, Brian is the sole passenger on a bush plane that crashes in a lake in the northern Canadian woods when the pilot suffers a heart attack. The pilot dies, but Brian survives and must stay alive and hope that rescuers locate him. Brian’s mother gave him a hatchet right before he left on his trip that serves as his only tool of survival. Brian undergoes many challenges as he learns the dos and don’ts of life in the woods. He relies on his previous knowledge, trial and error, luck, and grit to survive. Brian encounters mosquitos and a skunk, and he battles starvation, but he also learns how to build a fire, catch fish, and make a bow and arrows for hunting. Although each small step and skill is hard-won, Brian finds beauty and satisfaction in his survival lifestyle. Brian is eventually rescued after he recovers supplies, including a radio, from the remnants of the plane.
By Gary Paulsen
Brian's Return
Gary Paulsen
Brian's Winter
Gary Paulsen
Canyons
Gary Paulsen
Dogsong
Gary Paulsen
Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books
Gary Paulsen
Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered
Gary Paulsen
Hatchet
Gary Paulsen
How Angel Peterson Got His Name
Gary Paulsen
Lawn Boy
Gary Paulsen
Liar, Liar
Gary Paulsen
Masters of Disaster
Gary Paulsen
My Life in Dog Years
Gary Paulsen
Nightjohn
Gary Paulsen
Northwind
Gary Paulsen
Soldiers Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers
Gary Paulsen
The Crossing
Gary Paulsen
The Monument
Gary Paulsen
The River
Gary Paulsen
The Transall Saga
Gary Paulsen
The Voyage of the Frog
Gary Paulsen