false 50 45 On his way to visit his recently divorced father in the Canadian mountains, thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is the only survivor when the single-engine plane crashes. His body battered, his clothes in shreds, Brian must now stay alive in the boundless Canadian wilderness.<br><br>More than a survival story, <b>Hatchet</b> is a tale of tough decisions. When all is stripped down to the barest essentials, Brian discovers some stark and simple truths: Self-pity doesn't work. Despair doesn't work. And if Brian is to survive physically as well as mentally, he must discover courage. 1158125 1987 Hatchet total:16191|5:3893|4:5431|3:4616|2:1575|1:676| 16191 58863 18707 1636 1 14 false false Thu May 10 18:56:30 -0700 2007 Thu May 10 20:14:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 20 false false Sun Jun 21 09:47:23 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 15:20:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 4 true false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 19:58:07 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 20:10:02 -0700 2007 before he leaves , his mother gives him a hatchet. after, he sets off, he talks with the pilo...more...]]> 4 5 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 03:45:19 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 03:52:44 -0700 2007
I'd give this book 3.5 stars if I could. Basically the stuff which makes it a classic and is indeed very good is the adventure/survival stuff (he is the sole survivor of a plane crash deep in the woods and has nothing but a hatchet). Both t...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Thu Jan 10 10:23:50 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 06:08:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 21 19:37:25 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 18:53:44 -0700 2007 Paulsen, Gary (1987). Hatchet. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks. 186 pages.

Summary and Evaluation: One summer day thirteen year-old Brian Robeson sets off on a journey to visit his father in northern Canada. Not long into the flight the unthinkable happens -- the plane crashes in the Can...more...]]> 1 2 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 06:55:42 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 06:57:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 13:58:54 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 16:53:38 -0800 2007

Written by Gary Paulsen, published by Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 1987.

Summary: A story about a young boy whose family is torn apart by divorce. He travels on a prop plane to see his dad in Canada but during the flight, the pilot suffers a heart attack and dies. ...more...]]> 1 2 false false Tue Dec 09 14:03:07 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 14:04:07 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 10:21:04 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 09:45:19 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 5 1 false true Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 07:44:47 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 08:30:21 -0800 2009
This book is about a boy who learns perspective the hard way, by...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 03 14:51:06 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 09 12:47:44 -0700 2009
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When I first read Hatchet, at around ten or twelve, I devoured it time and time again. The idea of ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 29 07:32:01 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 14 18:29:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false true Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Fri Oct 26 12:46:15 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 14 08:49:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 06:04:21 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 03 11:02:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Feb 02 17:19:18 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 17:14:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 08:47:27 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 08:48:41 -0800 2009 4 1 false false Sat Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Nov 10 15:02:13 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 15:09:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Tue Sep 18 21:19:15 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 21:25:20 -0700 2007
1. If you see a man grimacing in pain, it could be a heart attack. If this man is the pilot of a charter prop plane that you're flying alone in, you could be fucked.

2. If you eat mysterious berries, they just might give you severe diarrhea. And, ...more...]]>