The River
Autor Gary Paulsenen Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 mar 2012 – vârsta de la 10 ani
În The River, tinerii cititori vor experimenta o transformare profundă, trecând de la simpla supraviețuire individuală la responsabilitatea deplină pentru viața altcuiva. Suntem de părere că această continuare a celebrului roman Hatchet adaugă o dimensiune etică și emoțională nouă poveștii lui Brian Robeson. Dacă în prima aventură Brian lupta doar pentru propria suflare, de data aceasta miza este dublă: trebuie să salveze un adult aflat în stare de inconștiență după ce un trăsnet transformă o misiune guvernamentală de rutină într-o cursă contracronometru. Subliniem modul în care Gary Paulsen construiește tensiunea, nu prin monștri imaginari, ci prin forța brută a naturii și limitele fizice ale unui adolescent. Pe același raft cu In the Valley of the Grizzly, această carte se adresează copiilor de peste 10 ani care caută povești de supraviețuire autentice, unde ingeniozitatea și calmul sunt singurele arme disponibile. Ritmul este alert, fiind centrat pe construcția unei plute și navigarea pe un râu necunoscut, elemente care oferă o lecție practică de geografie și fizică aplicată. The River rămâne fidelă temelor recurente ale autorului, regăsite și în Gone to the Woods: A True Story of Growing Up in the Wild, explorând legătura viscerală dintre om și mediul sălbatic, dar aduce un plus de maturitate prin necesitatea empatiei și a sacrificiului personal.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0307929612
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 139 x 208 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN'S BOOKS
De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm The River părinților care doresc să le ofere copiilor o lectură despre curaj, responsabilitate și luarea deciziilor sub presiune. Este o oportunitate excelentă pentru tinerii cititori de a învăța că adevărata putere nu stă în forța fizică, ci în capacitatea de a rămâne lucid și de a avea grijă de cei vulnerabili. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă matură asupra rezilienței în condiții extreme.
Despre autor
Gary Paulsen (1939–2021) a fost unul dintre cei mai respectați scriitori americani de literatură pentru copii și adolescenți, renumit pentru poveștile sale de tip „coming of age” desfășurate în mijlocul naturii. Autor a peste 200 de cărți, Paulsen a fost distins cu premiul Margaret Edwards pentru întreaga carieră, recunoscându-i-se contribuția majoră la literatura pentru tineret. Experiențele sale personale în sălbăticie, documentate și în volumul autobiografic Guts, au oferit realismul brutal și detaliile tehnice care fac ca seria despre Brian Robeson să fie considerată un punct de referință în genul aventurii.
Notă biografică
Extras
"Brian Robeson?"
Brian nodded. "Yes."
The thin man smiled and stepped forward and held out his hand. "I'm Derek Holtzer. These other two are Bill Mannerly and Erik Ballard. Can we come in?"
Brian held the door open to let them come in. "Mother isn't home right now...."
"It's you we want to see." Derek stopped just in the entryway and the other two did the same. "Of course, we'll wish to speak to your mother and father as well, but we came to see you. Didn't you get a call about us?"
Brian shook his head. "I don't think so. I mean, I know I didn't, but I don't think Mother did either. She would have said something."
"How about your father?"
"He doesn't live here. My parents are divorced."
"Oh. Sorry." Derek truly looked embarrassed. "I didn't know."
"It happens." Brian shrugged, but it was still new enough, just over a year and a half, to feel painful. He mentally pushed it away and had a sudden thought of his own foolishness. Three men he did not know were in the house. They did not look threatening, but you never knew.
"What can I do for you?"
"Well, if you don't know anything about any of this, maybe we should wait for your mother to come home. We can come back."
Brian nodded. "Whatever you want . . . but you could tell me what it's about, if you wanted to."
"Maybe I'd better check on you first. Are you the Brian Robeson who survived alone in the Canadian woods for two months?"
"Fifty-four days," Brian said. "Not quite two months. Yes--that's me."
"Good."
"Are you from the press?" For months after his return home, Brian had been followed by the press. Even after the television special--a camera crew went back with him to the lake and he showed them how he'd lived--they stayed after him. Newspapers, television, book publishers--they called him at home, followed him to school. It was hard to get away from them. One man even offered him money to put his face on a T-shirt, and a jeans company wanted to come out with a line of Brian Robeson Survival Jeans.
His mother had handled them all, with the help--through the mail--of his father, and he had some money in an account for college. Actually, enough to complete college. But it had finally slowed down and he didn't miss it.
At first it had been exciting, but soon the thrill had worn off. He was famous, and that wasn't too bad, but when they started following him with cameras and wanting to make movies of him and his life it got a little crazy.
He met a girl in school, Deborah McKenzie. They hit it off and went on a few dates, and pretty soon the press was bugging her as well and that was too much. He started going out the back door, wearing sunglasses, meeting Deborah in out-of-the-way places, and sliding down the hallways in school. He was only too glad when people stopped noticing him.
And here they were again. "I mean, are you with television or anything?"
Derek shook his head. "Nope--not even close. We're with a government survival school."
"Instructors?"
Derek shook his head. "Not exactly. Bill and Erik are instructors, but I'm a psychologist. We work with people who may need to survive in bad situations--you know, like downed pilots, astronauts, soldiers. How to live off the land and get out safely."
"What do you want with me?"
Derek smiled. "You can probably guess. . . "
Brian shook his head.
"Well, to make it short, we want you to do it again."
Descriere scurtă
These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for 54 days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived.
Now the government wants him to go back into the wilderness so that astronauts and the military can learn the survival techniques that kept Brian alive. Soon the project backfires, though, leaving Brian with a wounded partner and a long river to navigate. His only hope is to build a raft and try to transport the injured man a hundred miles downstream to a trading post--if the map he has is accurate.
From the Paperback edition.