Hatchet

Hatchet

By Gary Paulsen

399 ratings 469 reviews 596 followers
Book 1 of 5 in the  Brian's Saga Series
Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 4 - 8Grades 10 - 9R5.742328
This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared—and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor.

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Brian Robertson, sole passenger on a Cessna 406, is on his way to visit his father when the tiny bush plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness. With nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present, Brian finds himself completely alone.

Challenged by his fear and despair -- and plagued with the weight of a dreadful secret he's been keeping since his parent's divorce -- brian must tame his inner demons in order to survive. It will take all his know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9781481486293
ISBN-10: 1481486292
Published on 10/3/2017
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 224

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I love this book it has a lot of action and is about survival it is cool of how Brian comes up with ways of how to make things

This book is very good for people who like survival books

Hatchet is an exciting book that is i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i ii i i i i i i i i i i i ii i i i ii catching

Audery Audery

20douellet you are wrong. this book is vearry edicathional for kids that plan on going out in the woods. Brian is a 13 year-old kid. he plans on going to his dads and he and the pilot goes down because the pilot is having a heart attack. Brian spends a month in the wilderniss and he hopes they will find him so he can go home.

Great book about survival - good book for read aloud

read this book in 4th grade. such an amazing book. No wonder it got a new berry award. i would recomend it to anyone who likes to read!

just read it then you will know how good it is it will not help if i just tell you

just read it is is the best!!!!!!!!

One of the best books ever! My teacher read it to my class last year and I loved it!

Real Slim Shady Real Slim Shady

Hi, This book was very realistic. i think 11 and up should read this. not bellow. you can but i don't think u should. i think the book was very interesting. i'v always been interested in books like this. Surviving in the forest. Another book like this for girls in Niya Nuki. that ones all ages. there are continuations of this book, Brian's winter.That ones my favorite. theres another one but i forgot what it was called five stars all the way. lessthan3

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