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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this is a great book it is about brian and he is trying to live in the woods

This is a great book about a kid Brian and his adventures. When 13 year old Brian is on a trip to his dads in a plain with a pilot. All of a sudden the pilot falls to the plain floor do to a heart attack. The plain goes flying down into a river in the Canadian wilderness. Brian is a lone for months and has no clue when he will be found. Will Brian make it out or will he go down and die like the pilot.

this book is the best i read it twice i even read the second one Brian's Winter.

This book has great word choice and description, but isn't too hard to read.

im rading this book now and its really good

awsome

This is a really good book I recommend people to read this book!

i read this book for school in 6th grade and it was really good ... i kept reading ahead of the class!:)

Good book. I read it in 6th grade. Kind of gory, but has really good vivid imagery.

this is the best book i have read so far. i hope to continue with the series. And i hope he makes more books.

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