num_pages: 144
description: He would have to find some way to protect himself, some weapon. The fire worked well when it was burning, but it had burned down. His hatchet and knife would have done nothing more than make the bear really angry -- something he did not like to think about -- and his bow was good only for smaller game. He had never tried to shoot anything bigger than a fool bird or rabbit with it and doubted that the bow would push the arrow deep enough to do anything but -- again -- make the bear really mad. He bundled in his bag that night, the end of the two weeks of warm weather. He kept putting wood on the fire, half afraid the bear would come back. All the while he tried to think of a solution. But in reality, the bear was not his primary adversary. Nor was the wolf, nor any animal. Brian had become his own worst enemy because in all the business of hunting, fishing and surviving he had forgotten the primary rule: Always, always pay attention to what was happening. Everything in nature means something and he had missed the warnings that summer was ending, had in many ways already ended, and what was coming would be the most dangerous thing he had faced since the plane crashed.
language: English
title: Brian's Winter
titlecomplete: Brian's Winter (Brian's Saga, #3)
characters: Brian Robeson
genres: Adventure, Classics, Childrens, Teen, Survival, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Action, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 30744
places: Canada
series: Brian's Saga
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Iowa Teen Award
publisher: Laurel Leaf