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.
Hatchet is about a boy named Brian Robeson who is trapped in the wild after a plane crash and all he has is a hatchet to help him survive I like Hatchet because it has a lot of excitement. Hatchet starts out a little slow then it gets good. Hatchet is one of a few books in the series. I would give Hatchet 4 stars out of 5. It is one of the best books I have ever read. It is a great book and I would recommend it for anyone who likes adventure like me. So that¿s why I chose Hatchet for my book review because I wanted you to hear my opinion on the book. Hatchet is only part one in the series the other books include Brian¿s return and Brian¿s winter all by Gary Paulsen.