Brain’s return
Gary Paulsen
115 pages
Rating= 8
The book Brain’s Return is a sequel to the books Hatchet, The River, and Brains Winter. In the book Brian is returned to civilization where he finds himself feeling like a pariah at home. So he decides to leave civilization to go back to the wilderness and find himself.
I thought Brains Return was all in all a good book I wish it was longer. It was also a very spiritual book. which put a nice soft of twist to it. During the end of the book, Brian comes back from hunting and he finds a man that looks to be in his fifties, He tells him his name is Billy. They eat and say almost nothing, then Billy talks about his medicine. Billy says his medicine is a deer. Brian told Billy how he was about to kill a deer, then he hesitated and thought if I kill this deer the meat will be rotten before I reach my destination. In the morning Brian finds a crows feather attached to a white deer’s tail. So Brian realizes his medicine is a deer. At the end of the book it doesn’t say if Brain ever went back, he went to the woods to find himself and he did, the book ended with Brain saying I will follow my medicine.
Nice job Derek, I have only read a few of the Gary Paulson series but I enjoy them. Just wondering, is there any other sequel to this to explain what happens to Brian, or does it just end there like you said?
ReplyDeleteYes, this is an excellent book! A book to follow after reading this one is "Brian's Winter". Read Brandons post to find more about it. But it follows up on this book.
ReplyDeleteGreat Derek! I have read many Gary Paulsen books and he is my favorite author. His books have interested me since my elementary school days.
ReplyDeleteSean, there are many sequels to the Brian series. They are all just different endings not a continuos series.