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Ben
Feb 01, 2012 rated it really liked it
Summary: Young boy learns to survive when he finds himself suddenly thrust into the wilderness with nothing but a Hatchet.

Things I liked:

* He makes mistakes, it's not all sunshine and roses and this gives the story an ongoing sense of peril.

* It's short and compelling. I think I read this in about two days and definitely had stretches when I couldn't put it down. I think there's something about survival stories that makes them very easy to identify. I find myself asking myself, 'what would I
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Carol
Sep 23, 2008 marked it as to-read
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Beth
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Heather (DeathByBook)
Feb 14, 2011 marked it as to-read
Jess
Dec 02, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Suzy
Jul 06, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Sarah
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Mikaela
Aug 15, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shanea
Nov 18, 2012 rated it liked it
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Mallory
Jan 03, 2013 rated it liked it
Jamie Jo
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Crystal
Jan 13, 2013 rated it it was ok
Jennifer
Feb 26, 2017 rated it it was ok
Shelves: read-in-2017
Carol
Jun 14, 2014 marked it as to-read
Mark Petrillo
Mar 06, 2015 rated it really liked it
Lindsay
Jul 23, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Felisa
May 25, 2017 marked it as to-read
Krissy
Mar 05, 2018 rated it really liked it
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Denise
Jul 12, 2018 added it
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Stephanie
Dec 03, 2019 marked it as to-read
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