The government sends Brian back to the Canadian wilderness in this beloved follow-up to the award-winning classic Hatchet from three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen! Two years after Brian Robeson survived fifty-four days alone in the Canadian wilderness, the government wants him to head back so they can learn what he did to stay alive. This time Derek Holtzer, a government psychologist, will accompany him. But a freak storm leaves Derek unconscious. Brian\u00b4s only hope is to transport Derek a hundred miles down the river to a trading post. He\u00b4s survived with only a hatchet before--now can Brian build a raft and navigate an unknown river? For the first time it\u00b4s not only Brian\u00b4s survival that\u00b4s at stake. . .  An IRA-CBC Children\u2019s Choice A Parents Magazine Best Book of the Year \u201cVividly written, a book that will, as intended, please the readers who hoped that Paulsen, like Brian, would \u2018do it again.