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In this sequel to the bestselling Hatchet, Newberry
Award winner Gary Paulsen is at his finest, bringing to audio the exciting adventure that
pits a boy against nature for the second time in his life. "We want you to do it
again." Two years earlier Brian had been stranded alone in the wilderness for
fifty-four days with nothing but a small hatchet. Now the government wants him to do it
again - to go back into the wilderness, to relive the anguish and peril so that astronauts
and the military can learn the survival techniques that saved Brian's life. Brian's
companion is Derek Holtzer, a government psychologist who will accompany the seasoned boy
on his second trip into the dangerous wilderness. But during a freak storm Derek is
grievously injured and Brian is again left on his own - with no supplies, the radio
transmitter dead and only his wits between him and death.
Review:
"Peter Coyote plunges the listener headfirst into this
exciting adventure of boy versus nature." ...Listener's
Guide to Audio Books
Book Awards:
IRA/Children's Book Council -1991
Parents Magazine Best Book of the Year - 1991
About Gary Paulsen:
Survival is a theme in all of Paulsen's more than 100 books. And survival is something
he knows well. He's lived in the wilderness with only a bow and arrow, sailed the ocean
alone, killed bears and moose. It is Gary Paulsen's overwhelming belief in young people
that drives him to write. His intense desire to tap deeply into the human spirit and to
encourage readers to observe and care about the world around them has brought him both
enormous popularity with young people and critical acclaim from the children's book
community. He is one of the most respected writers of young adult literature today.
Original 1993 release:
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