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Book Review By Ashley Keyton
Brian's Winter by Gary Paulson

This story was written to show people how Brain would have done if he had not been saved in the novel titled "Hatchet". Brian has been in the Canadian wilderness now for a long period of time. He is used to supplying things for himself. He realizes that it is getting colder everyday. He is smart enough to realize that he needs to kill animals to make warm clothing, shoes, and food. Brian is facing hardships and wondering if he will ever get saved or is this what the rest of his life would be like.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - very upbeat
Time/era of story:
Exploring into the wild Yes
Plotlets: - surviving elements in wilderness
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30 %
Terrain - Forest

Main Character
Gender - Male
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a teen
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
The Americas (not US): Yes
Forest? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog
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