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Hatchet

Hatchet

by Gary Paulsen

2003Divorceplane crashsurvivalCanada, fictionDivorce, fiction
4.2
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First lines

BRIAN ROBESON stared out the window of the small plane at the endless green northern wilderness below.

About this book

Brian Robison, a teenage boy struggling through his parents divorce, is flying up north to stay with his dad for the summer. However, his plane crashes and he is forced to survive the Canadian wilderness. Now living in a world completely opposite of his own, he is now able to discover himself in this forsaken and misunderstood beautiful world. The story is continued in "The River" "Brian's Winter" "Brian's Return" and "The Hunt"

Themes & subjects

Divorceplane crashsurvivalCanada, fictionDivorce, fictionChildren's fiction
First published 2003

Characters & people

Brian RobisonGod

Setting

CanadaHamptonNew York State70-80s1987

About the author

Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen

17 May 1939 – 13 Oct 2021

Gary James Paulsen (May 17, 1939 – October 13, 2021) was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for coming of age stories about the wilderness. He was the author of more than 200 books and wrote more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens.[ **Source**: [Gary Paulsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Paulsen) on Wikipedia

Author

Gary Paulsen

First published

2003

Pages

192

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

81

Languages

English, Spanish, German

Publisher

Demco Media

ISBN

9781613832530

Where to buy

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