Order of Brian’s Saga Books
The Brian Robeson series is a series of YA coming-of-age/adventure novels by American novelist Gary Paulsen. On a visit to see his dad, Brian Robeson is the lone passenger in a plane crash. The pilot dies and so Brian must fend for himself. The novel was adapted to the film A Cry in the Wild. The series is also known as Hatchet and Brian’s Saga.
Gary Paulsen began the Brian Robeson series in 1987 with Hatchet, which won the Newbery Honor Award for that year. The novel includes an alternate ending, which is picked up upon with the second sequel, Brian’s Winter. The series lasted five novels, concluding with 2003’s Brian’s Hunt. Below is a list of Gary Paulsen’s Brian Robeson books in order of when they were first released:
Publication Order of Brian Robeson Books
Hatchet | (1986) | |
The River / The Return | (1991) | |
Brian’s Winter / Winter | (1996) | |
Brian’s Return / The Call | (1999) | |
Brian’s Hunt | (2003) |
Notes: The River is also known as The Return. Brian’s Winter is also titled Hatchet: Winter. Brian’s Return was also published as Hatchet: The Call.