Celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Newbery Honor-winning survival novel Hatchet with a pocket-sized edition perfect for travelers to take along on their own adventures. This special anniversary edition includes a new introduction and commentary by author Gary Paulsen, pen-and-ink illustrations by Drew Willis, and a water resistant cover. Hatchet has also been nominated as one of America’s … as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted by his secret knowledge of his mother’s infidelity, is traveling by single-engine plane to visit his father for the first time since the divorce. When the plane crashes, killing the pilot, the sole survivor is Brian. He is alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present.
At first consumed by despair and self-pity, Brian slowly learns survival skills–how to make a shelter for himself, how to hunt and fish and forage for food, how to make a fire–and even finds the courage to start over from scratch when a tornado ravages his campsite. When Brian is finally rescued after fifty-four days in the wild, he emerges from his ordeal with new patience and maturity, and a greater understanding of himself and his parents.
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I can read this book over and over again I love it
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I did NOT like this book and I would not recommend this to anyone. I thought that it was really boring!
This is one of a few books I could read over and over.
i like this book because it has so much details and very informative. i recommend this book for you or your kids to read. my daughter loves to read and she read this book so fast because she couldn’t get her nose out of it was that good and when i take her to school every morning she ask’s me if she can read it. After she read it i asked her if i could read it and i personally love. i vote yes you should buy it.
This book is very fun to read it has so many actions in it and is just a very good book for people to read.
A great read for our digital prisoners who have no concept of nature and survival in facing the elements.
I thought of this book because it is a great book to read and it could help you survive in nature if it actually happens to you.
Very good book
This book is really great if you like scary things and mysteries.
this book taught me a lesson. it was soo good I had to read it 3 more times! you have to read this book!
amazing
If you wanna read something about how to survive and give you a little laugh, i would recommend it.
This book is amazing. It is so adventurous and highly realistic. Amazing read!!!
Teen Survival book takes you to wilderness within yourself. Book is a page turner. I read it in one 3 hour session as I couldn’t put it down
A fantastic story. My students love the suspense.
This book was such a great novel. I just want to read it over and over again. It will want to make you never stop reading it.
I could not put this book down! I had to know what was going to happen next! Brian Robeson is flying North to visit his father in Northern Canada when the pilot dies of a heart attack leaving Brian to trying to fly the plane and bring it down on a lake hoping to survive in the Canadian wilderness. Brian learns there is much more to living then the mere thought of just getting by until getting rescued … if he is going to be rescued. With only the hatchet his mother gifted him; Brian learns skills he never imagined he had.
I think this book is very thrilling! It’s wonderful for a summer read and to relax!