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"The River" is a young adult novel by Gary Paulsen and is the second installment in the Hatchet series.
It is a follow-up to the award-winning classic "Hatchet".
The novel is about Brian, who had previously been stranded alone in the wilderness for 54 days with nothing but a hatchet.
In "The River," Brian sets out on a hunt and becomes stranded on a rapid river in the wilderness
He must rescue a coma victim and navigate down the unknown river to the nearest inhabited point for emergency help
The novel is praised for its terse, heart-stopping prose and is as riveting as its predecessor