Brian's Return

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Brian's Return

First edition cover
Author Gary Paulsen
Country United States
Language English
Series Brian's Saga
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Delacorte Press
Publication date February 1999
Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages 128 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN ISBN 0385325002 (first edition, hardback)
Preceded by The River
Followed by Brian's Hunt

Brian's Return (also titled Hatchet: The Call) is a wilderness survival novel written by Gary Paulsen. It is the third sequel of the classic book Hatchet.

It was also released as Hatchet: The Call by Macmillan Children's Books in the UK on January 8, 1999.

[edit] Plot summary

Brian did not like his life in the city, and when he gets in a fight with a boy his age, he gets caught by the police and sent to a counselor. After talking to Brian, he realizes that there is nothing wrong with him except that he misses nature. He tells Brian that he should go back to the woods. Brian decides to go visit the Smallhorns. Brian gets his knife, pots, bow and arrows, canoe etc. (he doesn't have a hatchet in this novel) to take to the woods. He gets a ride from a pilot who is taking some fishermen up near a Smallhorns house. He gets dropped off at a river, and hops into his canoe and takes off. After stopping for a day, Brian sees a deer. He debates on shooting it but decides not to. Later, he meets a man named Billy after hunting a grouse. As Brian shares a meal with him, Brian tells Billy about the deer he saw earlier and Billy explains that the deer is his medicine (Billy's being a crow). When Billy mysteriously disappears, Brian continues his journey. He later decides that he does not have to immediately visit the Smallhorns, but can go when he's ready. More importantly, Brian wants to follow his medicine.

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