Hatchet

195 pages

English language

Published Nov. 1, 1988 by Puffin Books.

ISBN:
978-0-14-034371-7
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4 stars (8 reviews)

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

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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.

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Subjects

  • Survival -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Divorce -- Juvenile fiction.