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 book gave me a big hug and wouldn't let go. Brian, a boy whose parents are divorced, is going to see his dad on a plane when the pilot has a heart attack in the middle of the flight! Brian has to face a flying plane and the Canada woods on his own. Will he survive? Read to See!

This book is really good also read In the Heart of the Sea

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This book made good facts how to live in the wild with a hatchet!

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I read this book in school a couple weeks ago

I love this book so much!!

great book, you need to read it.

Logan Logan

Today I will tell you about the book named Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. It was published in September 30,1987.The characters in this book are Brian, Brian’s mom/dad,and Terry. This book in my opinion for grade level is 3-6 This book is about a kid named Brian whose mom gives him a hatchet and then gets into a bush plane to fly to his dad and during the fight they have trouble,and Brian has to survive in the wild. Read the book for more.I like this book because it is crazy what a kid will do to survive. I recommend this book for thrill seekers.

This book will take you on a great adventure if you are interested in adventure books. I hope you will read this amazing book and I hope you like it when you read it.

Hatchet is about a boy who his mom gives him a cool hatchet and sends him on a private plane but then the pilot has a heart attack and he gets starnded with only a hatchet then at the end relizez the secret of how he surived

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