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  “It will be here when you come back. We’ll keep the soup hot . . .”

  And Brian turned and stepped up into the plane.

  Don’t miss

  Guts

  The True Stories Behind

  Hatchet and the Brian Books

  By Gary Paulsen

  Here are the real events that inspired Gary Paulsen to write Brian Robeson’s story in Hatchet, The River, Brian’s Winter, and Brian’s Return: a stint as a volunteer emergency worker; the death that became the pilot’s death in Hatchet; plane crashes Gary has seen; and his own near misses. He takes readers on his first hunting trips, showing the wonder and solace of nature along with his hilarious mishaps and mistakes. He shares special memories, such as the night he attracted every mosquito in the county, and how he met the moose who made it personal. There’s a handy chapter titled “Eating Eyeballs and Guts or Starving: The Fine Art of Wilderness Nutrition”—recipes included.

  Readers may wonder how Gary Paulsen survived these hair-raising adventures to write his books and to tell these humorous stories on himself. Well, the answer is . . . it took guts.

  About the Author

  Gary Paulsen is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people, including three Newbery Honor books: The Winter Room, Hatchet and Dogsong. His novel The Haymeadow received the Western Writers of America Golden Spur Award. His newest Delacorte Press books are Nightjohn, Mr. Tucket, Call Me Francis Tucket, and Father Water, Mother Woods: Essays on Fishing and Hunting in the North Woods. He and his wife have homes in New Mexico and on the Pacific.

  BRIAN’S

  WINTER

  ALSO BY GARY PAULSEN

  The Boy Who Owned the School

  Call Me Francis Tucket

  Canyons

  The Cookcamp

  The Crossing

  Dancing Carl

  Dogsong

  Dogteam

  (with Ruth Wright Paulsen)

  Father Water, Mother Woods: Essays on Fishing and Hunting in the North Woods

  The Foxman

  Harris and Me

  Hatchet

  The Haymeadow

  The Island

  Mr. Tucket

  The Monument

  The Night the White Deer Died

  Niqhtjohn

  Popcorn Days and Buttermilk Nights

  The River

  Sentries

  Tiltawhirl John

  Tracker

  The Voyage of the Frog

  The Winter Room

  Woodsong

  The Culpepper Adventure Series

  Gary Paulsen World of Adventure Series

  Published by

  Delacorte Press

  a division of Random House Children’s Books, Inc.

  1540 Broadway

  New York, New York 10036

  Copyright © 1996 by Gary Paulsen

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the Publisher, except where permitted by law.

  The trademark Delacorte Press® is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Paulsen, Gary.

  Brian’s winter / Gary Paulsen.

  p. cm.

  Companion book to: Hatchet and The river.

  Summary: Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author’s book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.

  [1.Survival—Fiction. 2. Winter—Fiction.] I. Title.

  PZ7.P2843Br 1996

  [Fic]—dc20 95-41337

  CIP

  AC

  eISBN: 978-0-385-72996-3

  v3.0