question: Who is the boy in Gary Paulsen's series which includes the first book "Hatchet"?
answer: Brian Robeson
context: Title: Hatchet (novel)
  Passage: Hatchet is a 1987 Newbery Honor-winning young-adult wilderness survival novel written by American writer Gary Paulsen.  It is the first novel of five in the "Hatchet" series.
  Title: My Life in Dog Years
  Passage: My Life in Dog Years is a non-fiction book for children written by the American author Gary Paulsen, together with his wife, Ruth Wright Paulsen.  It was published first by Delacorte Press in 1997.
  Title: Woodsong
  Passage: Woodsong is a book of memoirs by Gary Paulsen.  The first half consists of Paulsen's early experiences running sled dogs in Minnesota and then in Alaska, and the second half describes the roads and animals he faces in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
  Title: The River (Paulsen novel)
  Passage: The River, also known as The Return and Hatchet: The Return , is a 1991 young adult novel by Gary Paulsen.  It is the second installment in the "Hatchet" series, but chronologically the third with "Brian's Winter" serving as an alternative second book.
  Title: A Cry in the Wild
  Passage: A Cry in the Wild is a 1990 coming of age-survival drama film based on the book "Hatchet", written by Gary Paulsen.  The film stars Jared Rushton as Brian, Pamela Sue Martin as Brian's mom, Stephen Meadows as Brian's dad, and Ned Beatty as the pilot.  It spawned three sequels: ""; ""; and "".
  Title: Soldier's Heart (Paulsen novel)
  Passage: Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers is a historical war novella by Gary Paulsen aimed at the teenage market.  It is a fictionalization of the true story of a Minnesotan farmboy, Charley Goddard, who at the age of 15 enlisted in the Union Army in the American Civil War.  Charley lied about his age to join the First Volunteers of Minnesota and was involved in combat at Bull Run and Gettysburg.  He returned home traumatized and suffering from "soldier's heart" (Da Costa's syndrome).  Although some of the events and time sequences are not completely factual, the essential elements of the book's story are true.
  Title: How Angel Peterson Got His Name
  Passage: How Angel Peterson Got His Name is a nonfiction, young adult memoir written by Gary Paulsen, outlining the hilarious, and often dangerous stunts Paulsen and his friends pull in order to entertain themselves and impress the young ladies.  All of the tales in this book are about the true adventures of Paulsen and his friends during the mid-1950s.
  Title: Brian's Return
  Passage: Brian's Return is a 1999 wilderness survival novel written by Gary Paulsen and fourth novel in the "Hatchet" series.  The story is about Brian's return to the forest because he can not fit in back home.  He keeps diary entries of which he shares with Caleb, a psychiatrist who truly believes in Brian's calling to the woods.
  Title: Brian's Hunt
  Passage: Brian's Hunt is a 2003 young adult novel by Gary Paulsen.  It is the fifth and final book in the award-winning "Hatchet" series, which deals with Brian Robeson, a boy who learns wilderness survival when he is stranded after a plane wreck.
  Title: Brian's Winter
  Passage: Brian's Winter also known as Hatchet: Winter is a 1996 young adult novel by Gary Paulsen.  It is the third novel in the "Hatchet" series, but second in terms of chronology as an alternate ending sequel to "Hatchet".
citations: Brian's Hunt Hatchet (novel)