This book by Gary Paulsen entitled “Brian’s Hunt”, is the fifth and final book in his series. This is a book that I feel will catch the reader’s attention. It is about Brian, the main character, and his continued journey spending his time in the wild fishing and hunting. Brian previously survived on an island for 56 days where he learned how to survive by living off the land. After this life changing experience, Brian no longer feels that he can live in the current society.
Brian starts thinking a lot about the Cree family that had rescued him, especially their daughter, Susan, who he never met but saw a picture of. They told him about her and that she was daring and very independent, which Brian finds intriguing.
While Brian is sleeping, he hears a whimper and he finds an injured dog. He is able to stitch up the dog’s wounds and bring him back to health. The dog was very tame which led Brian to believe that she was someone’s pet. Brian begins to think that possibly her owners had been in danger. This makes him think about the Cree family and he decides he wants to go and check on them to make sure they were alright.
Brian reaches an island that is very quiet and there doesn’t seem to be anyone around. He sees a cabin and the door is wide open but no one around. He is scared but knows he needs to go inside. Brian is horrified when he found Susan’s dad is dead. He started calling for her mom but no one answered. He started walking around and found her and three other dogs dead. He figures that a bear had killed them all.
Brian goes down to the lakeshore to try and find Susan. He notices marks from a boat but the boat is gone. He eventually finds Susan in the boat. Brian informs her that a bear has killed her family. They went back to the cabin and he cleaned up while he let her rest.
They called for help and Susan left with the park ranger who was taking her to her grandparents. Brian is determined to find the bear that killed her family. He set out with the dog to hunt the bear. While on their journey, the dog begins to growl and her fur sticks up. Brian can see bear paw prints and suddenly sees the bear. The bear attacks him and hurts his shoulder. Brian is able to fight back and stabs the bear twice with the arrows that he brought with. Brian is overcome from the fight and is awoken by the dog licking his face.
The main character is Brian Roberson, a sixteen year old outdoorsman. He shows that he is very caring when he takes in the very injured dog and brings her back to good health. Even though he is scared he showed his determination and bravery when he tries hunting the bear that killed Susan’s family. Not many teens would be that brave.
I enjoyed the book and found it exciting. It made me think when he found the dead bodies and what was going to happen next. It kept me in suspense and wanting to read more.
I would recommend this book to any age group but I feel that this book would probably be read and liked by teens because he is a teen himself. I think this book would also be enjoyed by anyone who loves the outdoors because that is where the story takes place. I think males can relate more to the book because of him being a hunter and outdoorsman.

The novel I read was Brian's Hunt by Gary Paulsen which is the fifth book of Brian's Saga. Since Brian has decided he belongs in the wilderness, has made friends with the Cree family. Brian is still in the Canadian wilderness as in all the past books. In this story of Brian's life he will make a new friend, have losses, and meet a new enemy. Brian hunts for revenge even though it won't fix what happens, but he'll still go for it. Thais book is overall really good about whats happening with him until the end. I expected more for the ending, but it was still good. And I hope for another or a few other stories of Brian's Saga to put his story to a good end that will satisfy people that have read all of the books.

The wilderness is a beautiful and dangerous place. Something that Brian knows firsthand. After surviving in the wilderness during the winter, he is back out during the summer. While camping and canoeing in the rivers and lakes of the Canadian wilderness, he comes across a trapping dog. She has been badly injured. Brian can’t figure out how she had been injured was it a human? Was it another dog? He doesn't know where she had come from. He decides to take her on his journey up north so he could have a traveling companion. His slow and simple journey up north turned into a mission as he has this over-whelming thought to keep pushing north. Learn about what keeps pushing Brian north, and learn what happened to the dog by reading this book of adventure, suspense and danger.

less a novel and more a PSA that bears are dangerous but, idk, sure

A little spooky and mysterious.

This was another fast-paced adventure continuing the story of Brian from The Hatchet. However, this is not going to be appropriate for all middle schoolers. It was much more gruesome than what I remember from the rest of the series.

Content warning: description of 2 people who are killed, maulled, and/or eaten by a bear

I loved the way that this was written! I was gulping down this book like the dog was gulping down the meat! I HIGHLY reccomend this book to anybody who wants to have the shock of their life! TAKE DOWN THE BEAR (and he did)

Brian's Hunt was waaaaay better than Brian's Return.



Honestly? There were still some aspects of this book that were a little weird. Namely, Brian obsessing over a girl he never met but only ever saw a picture of. Apart from that, the story was more believable than the last few, which I was grateful for. I think this was an excellent conclusion to Brian's Saga and I'm glad that I finally finished a series that I started a decade ago.

In the book Brian's Hunt, the main character is a sixteen year old boy named Brian. The book is set in the Canadian wilderness during current times. The main conflict is that a dog shows up from somewhere with a slash down it's side and some other wounds. He then decides to go north and take the dog with him, and ask his Cree friends if they know if anyone has lost a dog. But, when he gets to their camp, he finds the mother and father dead, mauled by a bear, and one of their daughters, Susan, who was chased by, and escaped, the bear. He also finds that all the dogs are killed and that the one that he has with him is the only one that broke from its leash and escaped.
One thing that I liked about this book was that it was a quick interesting read. Another thing that I liked was that Gary Paulsen talked about Brian's gear, which wasn't much, and how Brian hunted for all of his meat, and didn't waste any, if at all possible, even if that meant giving up a deer or moose. Something else that I really liked was how it made you think about how for him, out there, food was life or death, and that at the end of the book, he went from the predator to the prey (weird to think about). I didn't like how Gary Paulsen went into detail on some things and left some things vague. I also didn't like how choppy his writing was and how many of his sentences were very short. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a short reads, and/or (wilderness) adventure.

Brians Hunt is one of those books that I never want to let go of and really catches my attention. I love the wilderness and survival so this book is right up my alley. This book had me on the edge of my seat since the first page. If you like survival books and Gary Paulsen I recommend you read Brian's Hunt. I give this book a five star.

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Brian’s Hunt

tThe book that I read was Brian’s Hunt. The author is Gary Paulsen and the genre is adventure. I picked this book out because I had read the book Hatchet, which is also by Gary Paulsen. There are many books to this series.
tBrian is a kid who knows a lot about the Canadian woods. He was there first when his plane crashed and he had to survive there. Brian has gone back many times to the Canadian woods. He likes it more in the woods then in the city. This time, he goes back to hunt in his canoe. He starts hunting, and he keeps remembering the people who helped him get out of the woods the first time. One night, he is woken up by an animal whining. He figures out that it is an injured dog. Brian stitches the wound up and keeps the dog.
tAs he keeps heading north, he comes up to the camp of the people who helped him out of the woods the first time. In the camp, he finds that the parents are dead and so are three of the four dogs. The other dog is the dog that he found. He finds one of the kids, and sends her out to relatives because her parents were murdered by a bear. Brian goes looking for the bear to kill it. You will have to read the book to find out if he finds the bear and kills it.
tI gave this book a three star because it was ok. Nothing really happened in the very beginning, but it got more interesting as the book went on. In the beginning, it was talking about him hunting and remembering the family that helped him get out before. It started to get better when Brian found the dog. It made you wonder why the dog was in the middle of the woods. This book wasn’t the greatest book, but I would recommend it to people who like books with a little action in it.