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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. Hatchet has also been nominated 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.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Paulsen, Gary
- ISBN: 9781416936473
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 7.60 x 0.60
- Number Of Pages: 192
- Publication Year: 2007
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Let the children read
Monica B. - 1 month agoAnother book that was purchased for our daughters classroom library.
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Makes you want to get outside and enjoy nature!
Echo W. - 6 years 3 months agoYou know when you're an adult and you buy kids books and the check out person asks if you have a kid at home? Nope! Adults can read kids books too! This one is just that good. One of my favorites since reading it in school and I still love it now. #SummerReading
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Classic, Must-Read
Amelia H. - 6 years 4 months agoI remember reading this book back in 6th grade along side other classics. This is a wonderful book to draw in young readers as well as adults for an easy read. I found the 30th anniversary edition at HPB and couldn’t leave without it, for myself and for my son. It really makes you think about how you would handle a survival situation. A must read! #SummerReading
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Good adventure story
Amy V. - 6 years 5 months agoI read this book with my elementary age kids and we loved it! If you like adventures and nature then this is for you. Middle schoolers would like this book as well and some schools even have it on their reading list. The book wasn't too scary and we learned a lot about nature and survival from it.