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| Hatchet | 
 enlarge | Author: Gary Paulsen
Publisher: Aladdin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1164 reviews
Sales Rank: 1124
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 1416936475
EAN: 9781416936473
ASIN: 1416936475
Publication Date: December 26, 2006
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Product Description
ALONEThirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father when the single-engine plane in which he is flying crashes. Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a tattered Windbreaker and the hatchet his mother gave him as a present -- and the dreadful secret that has been tearing him apart since his parent's divorce. But now Brian has no time for anger, self pity, or despair -- it will take all his know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed, to survive. For twenty years Gary Paulsen's award-winning contemporary classic has been the survival story with which all others are compared. This new edition, with a reading group guide, will introduce a new generation of readers to this page-turning, heart-stopping adventure.
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 A True Children's Classic! April 25, 2000
64 out of 71 found this review helpful
This story about a young boy stranded in the Canadian wilderness will never lose it's affect on me. Being a child of divorce I can totally empathize with Brian's struggles to cope. And I appreciate Gary Paulsen's comparing that struggle with actual survival. But this book is in no way a sermon on how to deal with divorce. It's about learning to co-exist, and to overcome any obstacles. The descriptions of how Brian went about ensuring his survival, only with the use of his hatchet (hence the title) were awe inspiring when a pre-teen and the book still retains a sentimental hold over my heart as an adult. the encounters with wildlife range from comical to downright horrifying. Hatchet made me appreciate the things I had and also allowed me to realize that I shouldn't seek too hard the things I desired to have but didn't. Overall this is a great book to give your 10-13 year old, a book about respect for nature, appreciation for life, and above all understanding that you can make it through the toughtest of situations as long as you have the right tools and are willing to learn how to use them.
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen March 27, 2000
33 out of 35 found this review helpful
I became interested in reading Hatchet from friends that told me about it. They said it was a great book to read, so I did. The book has really only one character in it . His name is Brian Robeson. He had just gone though a divore of his parents and was very unhappy and upset. His dad moved to Canada. He was flying in a small plane. About half way thogh the trip the pilot died from a heart attack and died which left Brian alone to fly and land the plane. It all goes down hill after that. Brian's first few days he gets eaten by bugs and also eats piosonous berries. After wards Brian start to figure out how to survive in the wild. His first major achievement was making fire and it was his most important. Brian also figures out how to catch food and cook it. Then Brian thinks his good luck had ran out when a tornado hit and wrecked most of his stuff. The day after it hit he notices that the tail end of the plane was sticking out of the water and he remembered there was a survival pack in there with an emergency transmitter. Brian swims out to the plane and cuts a hole in it and finds the pack. He then turns the transmitter on and is saved within a few hours. The conflict of this book would be man vs nature because Brian had to deal with nature to survive. Man vs himself is the other conflict and I think it is that because Brian had to use his knowledge and talents to survive. Over all I thought this was an excellent book and I recommend this book to any one that wants to read it. If you like exciting, adventeruos, hard to put down books then read this book.
 BEWARE of some subject matter June 13, 2006
18 out of 22 found this review helpful
This text is frequently assigned for 5th grade readers who are often 10 and 11 years old. Parents should be aware that there is a suicidal attempt made by the main character in the book. He slits his wrist in despair and passes out. He happens to wake up and change his mind.
Furthermore, a sub-plot involves the child in the story finding out that his mother is having an affair while still married to his father. His father does not know. Therefore, the boy struggles with having to keep this secret from his father. These issues involve violations of trust in marriage and child-parent relationships. There is never any resolution to this story line or questioning of the moral dilemna this boy is thrust into.
The story issues may be more appropriate for older high school students, but the issues of depression among our students and infidelity of parents should have parents and teachers consider any literary value the text might have to be limited. Parents and teachers should strongly consider their trying to meet objectives with more appropriate alternatives for students.
Literary Analysis of Hatchet March 31, 2000
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
In this epic tale of adventure/survival Brian,a city boy,crashes in the Canadian wilderness and has to live off the land for fifty-four days. gary Paulsen takes us on this roller coaster of accomplishment,sadness,anger, and happiness.{The importance of the setting and the character traits makes this a delightful book to read.} Nature is a great setting for the story because it provides a lot of imagery for the reader to absorb. "Some swamps,but they had trees scattered through them." "No roads,trails,or clearings." Also the reader can connect with the character and imagine what is happening. "As soon as he moved,the hair on her back went up and she charged him again, using her head and front hooves this time, slamming him back and down into the water and she left again." Brian has changed since the crash so long ago. His character traits have changed from city boy to enlightened and bieng at one with nature. "None of that used to be Brian and now that was a part of him, a changed part of him, a grown part of him, and the two things, his mind, and his body, had come together as well, had made a connection with each other that he didn't quite understand." "When his ears heard a sound or his eyes saw a sight his mind took control of his body" gary Paulsen's knowlage of writing a story has really helped him complete this story. Also his knowlage of the wilderness and the safty equipment has helped to enrich the already interesting story.
Brian is Alone January 23, 2000
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is about the book by Gary Paulsen, Hatchet. Brian was on his way to see his divorced father up in the Canadian Mountains. All the while he thinks about how the divorce came about. The "secret", the other man in his mom's life. He is filled with anger and hate. The book is about a 13-year-old boy who is in a plane crash and needs to survive in the wild. All though the pilot doesn't survive, Brian, the boy, survives the crash. He builds a house and figure out how to make fire. His hatchet is the key to his survival. The novel Hatchet explains how he survives and gets food. He encounters wild animals and has a hard time fighting the mosquitoes. He always relates to movies and how the people in the movies would have done everything to survive in the wild. He thinks about how people in the movies got rescued within two or three days. Brian is full of hope to be rescued. READ THE BOOK TO FIND OUT THE REST!
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