The river /
Gary Paulsen.
- New York : Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1991.
- 132 p.
The companion to Hatchet.
Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival.