num_pages: 130
description: "We want you to do it again."These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived. Now the government wants him to do it again--to go back into the wilderness so that astronauts and the military can learn the survival techniques that kept Brian alive.This time he won't be alone: Derek Holtzer, a government psychologist, will accompany him to observe and take notes. But during a freak storm, Derek is hit by lightning and falls into a coma. Their radio transmitter is dead. Brian is afraid that derek will die of dehydration unless he can get him to a doctor. His only hope is to build a raft and try to transport Derek a hundred miles down the river to a trading post--if the map he has is accurate.
language: English
title: The River
titlecomplete: The River (Brian's Saga, #2)
characters: Brian Robeson
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Teen, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Classics, Realistic Fiction, Survival, Childrens, Audiobook
ratings_count: 27734
series: Brian's Saga
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award
publisher: Yearling