Hatchet

by Gary Paulsen

Hardcover, 195 pages

English language

Published April 1, 2000 by Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-689-84092-0

(8 reviews)

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"

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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.