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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My class and I were reading this book as an open reading I didnt really understand it at te begining but now it makes total sense but as if that could really happen that would be ubelivable.

This book is about a boy who is lost in the woods and tries to survive as he is lost. He ate some gross stuff, but still he still needs to survive in the woods by himself. He also needs to learn how to make a fire and he did by himself.

cool book ive been read it before from my teacher like zoey and it was very interesting and as a word to say : AWESOME!!!!

i love this book i read it and did two protects on the book i love it and you should read it if you read this book and like it there is more than one book it is not scary or anything like that it is a little sad but not to sad i bet you would like it so read this book but remember you don't have to read it i am not telling you to read it i am just saying it is a good book so you do not have to read this book OK but it is a good book

this book was a good book about Brian surviving in the wild and having to fend for himself but at some parts it got kind of boring.

this is a awesome book it was so interesting and such an adventure. I hope I can read it agin somtime

My teacher read it to me. It was awesome! And a very well made book! I love the cover and every thing about it. But it did tend to sometimes get kinda slow.

This book is an amazing book of thriller and survival in the Canadian wilderness for a young boy named Brian! It is an amazing "heart stopping" story and I believe that everyone would enjoy this very well-written book by Gary Paulsen!!

I read that book last year and I thought that it was very good do i would want to read it again because it was good

i like this book because my class read it it is cool because a boy lives with really nothing. thats why i like this book. :)

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