Hatchet is a survival book with a bunch of adventures. It all begins with a 13 year boy heading to Canada to see his father who moved away because he is now divorced to his mom who lives in New York. Brain the 13 year old boy who lives with his mom and that's how he found out about the Secret. My favorite part is when Brain is trying to find food out in the wilderness. I would recommend this book for people from the age of 11 to 14, because there might be some hash language. One character I am fond of is Brain, because I love how he tries to get home safely. Also, I love that there's some attacks that happen in this book.
Hatchet
By Gary Paulsen
Book 1 of 5 in the
Brian's Saga Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 10 - 9 | R | 5.7 | 42328 |
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.
LOST
Brian Robertson, sole passenger on a Cessna 406, is on his way to visit his father when the tiny bush plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness. With nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present, Brian finds himself completely alone.
Challenged by his fear and despair -- and plagued with the weight of a dreadful secret he's been keeping since his parent's divorce -- brian must tame his inner demons in order to survive. It will take all his know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed.
LOST
Brian Robertson, sole passenger on a Cessna 406, is on his way to visit his father when the tiny bush plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness. With nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present, Brian finds himself completely alone.
Challenged by his fear and despair -- and plagued with the weight of a dreadful secret he's been keeping since his parent's divorce -- brian must tame his inner demons in order to survive. It will take all his know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9781481486293
ISBN-10: 1481486292
Published on 10/3/2017
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
Book Reviews (462)
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I highly recommend this book because it has a lot of action and surprises in it. One of my favorite parts of the book was when Brian changed and his attitude and mindset got much better. One of my least favorite parts was when the porcupine got his leg. The main person in this story is a young 13 year old boy named Brian Robeson, after his parents divorced because of “the secret”, Brian was going over to his dad at the Canadian Oil Fields for the summer. My opinion of Brian is really good but at the beginning I thought he was going to give up, but he pushed through all of the pain and ended up being a hard worker. When Brian was on the island it was really hard to find food in the beginning, but towards the end of the book Brian started thriving in many things. He also runs into many animals like moose, bears, wolves and more. If I were to give this book an overall rating out of 5 I would give it a 4.7 because this book has a lot of detail but I have never been the biggest fan of survival books but the amazing detail makes up for most of it.
Nice survival book. I don't want to spoil anything but basically in the very beginning his plane crashed and the pilot died from a heart attack. He had to survive on his own and learn to do many things. If you like the book I suggest reading the other books in the series.
3 words: BEST.BOOK.EVER
My mom read it when she was my age and she gave it to me and then I loved it it's about a kid named Brian and he had to survive a plain crash
I think this book is good. 5 stars.
This is a wonderful book! It's about hunting and the wilderness, it is a pretty serious book so i wouldn't recommend the book to people who don't like to read serious books. I recommend this book to grades 5-7 because some words in the book could be hard to pronounce for 5th and 6th graders. Overall, I loved this book!
Hatchet is a book about Brian who is going to visit his dad in Canada. On his way, his plane crashes. All he has to survive is a hatchet,his mom gave him. He survives on his own for a while and lived. Action packed. I'm rating it four stars, because it was predicting.
Hatchet tells a great story about how hard it is to live off the wild after living in modern society. Brian has to learn most of his skill for himself without any help. Brian starts out as a normal city child, but after he is forced to survive on his own, he becomes in tune with nature, and this is investigated further in later books in the series.
It's a very interesting book, I think there is a movie