Brian's Return ★ "[A] story with an

★ "[A] story with an amusing twist and a cute-as-a-button protagonist that charms on every level

Wes was left dealing with the fallout

men who can't shut up about their mothers

And he's the same Jack Smith who rules over the physics department at MIT

humor and love and yet (magically) also a page turner that held me captive until it was finished

Brian's Return ★ "[A] story with anBrian returns to the wilderness to discover where he truly belongs in this follow up to the award winning classic Hatchet from three time Newbery Honor winning author Gary Paulsen! As millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter know, Brian Robeson survived alone in the wilderness by finding solutions to extraordinary challenges. But now that's he's back to ordinary life, he can't make sense of high school life. He feels disconnected,