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| Original Title: | Hatchet |
| ISBN: | 0689840926 (ISBN13: 9780689840920) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Brian's Saga #1 |
| Characters: | Brian Robeson |
| Setting: | Canada |
| Literary Awards: | Newbery Medal Nominee (1988), Young Hoosier Book Award for 6-8 (1991), Buckeye Children's Book Award for 6-8 (1991), Massachusetts Children's Book Award (1995), Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (1990) Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (1989), Golden Archer Award (1989), Soaring Eagle Book Award (1997), Iowa Teen Award (1990), California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Middle School/Junior High (1990), Minnesota Book Award (1988), William Allen White Children's Book Award (1990), Bluestem Book Award Nominee (2016), Virginia Reader's Choice for Middle (1989), Oklahoma Sequoyah Award for YA (1990) |
Gary Paulsen
Hardcover | Pages: 208 pages Rating: 3.72 | 286614 Users | 13623 Reviews
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| Title | : | Hatchet (Brian's Saga #1) |
| Author | : | Gary Paulsen |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 208 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2000 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers: Richard Jackson Books (first published November 1st 1986) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fiction. Adventure. Classics. Survival. Childrens |
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Brian is on his way to Canada to visit his estranged father when the pilot of his small prop plane suffers a heart attack. Brian is forced to crash-land the plane in a lake--and finds himself stranded in the remote Canadian wilderness with only his clothing and the hatchet his mother gave him as a present before his departure.Brian had been distraught over his parents' impending divorce and the secret he carries about his mother, but now he is truly desolate and alone. Exhausted, terrified, and hungry, Brian struggles to find food and make a shelter for himself. He has no special knowledge of the woods, and he must find a new kind of awareness and patience as he meets each day's challenges. Is the water safe to drink? Are the berries he finds poisonous?
Slowly, Brian learns to turn adversity to his advantage--an invading porcupine unexpectedly shows him how to make fire, a devastating tornado shows him how to retrieve supplies from the submerged airplane. Most of all, Brian leaves behind the self-pity he has felt about his predicament as he summons the courage to stay alive.
A story of survival and of transformation, this riveting book has sparked many a reader's interest in venturing into the wild.
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Ratings: 3.72 From 286614 Users | 13623 ReviewsAssess Regarding Books Hatchet (Brian's Saga #1)
Sometimes you read a famously classic book and it is such a disappointment. This is not one of those times. This book is amazing! Its a wonderful survivalist tale of a young boy who changes not only physically but emotionally during his time alone in the northern woods after a plane crash. His bravery and ingenuity surprises himself even more than the reader. 😊The writing just flows and you're constantly worried about Brian. Having to survive with nothing else but a hatchet and the clothes on your back can't be easy. I loved seeing how innovative his brain worked. Making tools from his environment. It was super impressive for a thirteen year old boy. I practically flew through the pages.
That's just Gary Paulsen's writing style, I think. I liked it. Sort of poetic. One of the best stories I've read. I love the message that no matter
So when I was in the 7th grade, Mrs. Randall (formerly Sr. Mary Randall, an ex-nun) FORCED this pile of garbage upon me and the rest of my unsuspecting classmates. I was an advanced reader and it was a relatively short, easy to swallow book but it took me FOREVER TO READ IT. because it was THAT FUCKING BORING. It's about this stupid snot of a kid whose parents are getting divorced (mom and dad broke up! boo-hoo :'( i'm scarred for life now!) and somehow his plane goes down in the wilderness of
Though the story was compelling, very compelling, compelling enough that I finished it despite the compelling urge to throw it out the window, I don't think I could ever read it again. The window, oh the shiny window, the shiny open window was very tempting. This book was so repetitious, why so repetitious, I know not why this book was so repetitious, but the repetitions made me want to pull my hair out. My brown hair, the brown hair on my head, the hair that was brown that was on my head. I did
3.5 StarsJust imagine........you're 13 years old......you're riding shotgun in a Cessna......your pilot is suddenly unconscious. What do you do?After the crash, young Brian Robeson has a big problem, much bigger than his secret. In shock, without food or water and alone in the north woods of Canada, he had only his wits and a hatchet as survival tools.Brian comes face-to-face with some pretty scary and dangerous creatures of the night.....and day....that made for a great learning experience for
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