Hardcover, 195 pages
English language
Published April 1, 2000 by Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books.
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
3 stars
(8 reviews)
Brian Robison, a teenage boy struggling through his parents divorce, is flying up north to stay with his dad for the summer. However, his plane crashes and he is forced to survive the Canadian wilderness. Now living in a world completely opposite of his own, he is now able to discover himself in this forsaken and misunderstood beautiful world.
The story is continued in "The River" "Brian's Winter" "Brian's Return" and "The Hunt"
Subjects
- Adventure / thriller
- English literature: fiction texts
- Family & relationships
- Social Situations - Adolescence
- Divorce
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
- Juvenile Fiction
- Social Issues - Adolescence
- Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)
- Family - Marriage & Divorce
- Action & Adventure - Survival Stories
- Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / General
- Children's 9-12 - Literature - Classics / Contemporary
- Survival
- Action & Adventure - General
- Fiction
- Action & Adventure