Brian's Return

Brian's Return is a 1999 wilderness survival novel written by Gary Paulsen and the fourth novel in the Hatchet series.

Brian's Return
(Hatchet: The Call)

First edition
Author	Gary Paulsen
Language	English
Series	Brian's Saga
Genre	Young Adult
Publisher	Delacorte Press
Publication date	February 1999
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	128 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN	0-385-32500-2 (first edition, hardback)
LC Class	PZ7.P2843 Bp 1999
Preceded by	Brian's Winter
Followed by	Brian's Hunt

It was also released as Hatchet: The Call by Macmillan Children's Books in the UK on January 8, 1999. This was originally supposed to be the final Hatchet book in the series, but hundreds of readers asked Paulsen to make one more. So in response, he published Brian's Hunt in 2003.

Plot

Brian is having trouble fitting in with urban society and is sent to see a psychologist, a blind ex-police officer named Caleb. Caleb recognizes that Brian's home is the wilderness. At Caleb's suggestion, Brian returns to the Canadian wilderness, knowing that is where his heart truly is.^[1]