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 is about a kid named Brian who went on a plane to go visit his father when the pilot had a heart attack and the plane crashed in the Canadian Woods. Brian hoped that someone would come and save him very soon but no-one did. He was there for days, weeks, and even months. Will someone come to save Brian? Will Brian make it? Read the book to find out more......

This book is about a thirteen-year old boy who crashes in a plane when the pilot died. Find out how or IF he survived and join his journey to survive.

this book was amazing from the detail to the actions

This book is about a great advnture with alot of obiskiels

Mark Mark

This book is awesome!! My favorite part is the secret

I have to write a report about it and it's hard

After this you have to read Brian's Winter, so good!!!!

Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father when the single-engine plane in which he is flying crashes. Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a tattered Windbreaker and the hatchet his mother gave him as a present—and the dreadful secret that has been tearing him apart since his parent’s divorce. But now Brian has no time for anger, self pity, or despair—it will take all his know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed, to survive.

There's going to be a movie about the book in 2018??!!!

Seriously, a movie!!??

Why are you to mad about a movie

We are reading Hatchet in class and it is an adventure story. Brian Robeson is stranded in Canada with only a hatchet.

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