John Kelly reviewed Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Review of 'Hatchet' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Minecraft: The Book.
Hardcover, 195 pages
English language
Published April 1, 2000 by Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books.
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
Brian Robison, a teenage boy struggling through his parents divorce, is flying up north to stay with his dad for the summer. However, his plane crashes and he is forced to survive the Canadian wilderness. Now living in a world completely opposite of his own, he is now able to discover himself in this forsaken and misunderstood beautiful world.
The story is continued in "The River" "Brian's Winter" "Brian's Return" and "The Hunt"
Brian Robison, a teenage boy struggling through his parents divorce, is flying up north to stay with his dad for the summer. However, his plane crashes and he is forced to survive the Canadian wilderness. Now living in a world completely opposite of his own, he is now able to discover himself in this forsaken and misunderstood beautiful world.
The story is continued in "The River" "Brian's Winter" "Brian's Return" and "The Hunt"
Lavinia reviewed Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Review of 'Hatchet' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This was magnificent. Read it with my 10-year-old son who is not an enthusiastic reader, and we were both entranced all the way through. Nice balance of the practical details with which Brian has to deal and (kid-friendly) descriptions of the internal mental growth he is experiencing. Lots of great messages which manage not to be preachy. Highly recommended.
Shannon Kay reviewed Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Review of 'Hatchet' on 'Storygraph'
2 stars
I read this in school in junior high. It's okay, but I'm just not into the "wilderness kid" type books. Why are so many required reading in school?
I read this in school in junior high. It's okay, but I'm just not into the "wilderness kid" type books. Why are so many required reading in school?
Subjects
- Adventure / thriller
- English literature: fiction texts
- Family & relationships
- Social Situations - Adolescence
- Divorce
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
- Juvenile Fiction
- Social Issues - Adolescence
- Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)
- Family - Marriage & Divorce
- Action & Adventure - Survival Stories
- Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / General
- Children's 9-12 - Literature - Classics / Contemporary
- Survival
- Action & Adventure - General
- Fiction
- Action & Adventure