"Brian Robeson, 13, is the only passenger on a small plane flying him to visit his father in the Canadian wilderness when the pilot has a heart attack and dies. The plane drifts off course and finally crashes into a small lake. Miraculously Brian is able to swim free of the plane, arriving on a sandy tree-lined shore with only his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present. The novel chronicles in gritty detail Brian's mistakes, setbacks, and small triumphs as, with the help of the hatchet, he manages to survive the 54 days alone in the wilderness. Paulsen effectively shows readers how Brian learns patience to watch, listen, and think before he acts as he attempts to build a fire, to fish and hunt, and to make his home under a rock overhang safe and comfortable. An epilogue discussing the lasting effects of Brian's stay in the wilderness and his dim chance of survival had winter come upon him before rescue adds credibility to the story."
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen
--School Library Journal
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7 comments:
i didn't realy like that book!
i hated the book because it was boring. the book was borng because i really dont care if he is stranded on an island i mean who would read that? i only read it because my teacher made me1
that book was ok the first time i read it but then the second time i read it i hated it. Ijust thought it was boring.there was'nt any exitement. there was a little bit of exitement but the parts that were exiting were barely fun at all to read.that is'nt the type of genre that i like. i like love stories rather than things like hatchet. i also like very very sad stories. i don't know why but i just do.i only read it for school.
I enjoyed hatchet the first time I read it, and have enjoyed it ever sice. I would recomend it to anyone who has not read the book.
i liked the book but i did not lik e how he ended the book
I thought this was a very good book. My favorite part was when the tornado tore down his shelter. This would be devastating but this part was very excitting in the book. I hope to read Brians Winter. This is the sequal to this book and I hope this book is just as good as Hatchet. I also liked the fact the is and epilouge. This was overall a great book!
this book is really a good read. Brian gets hit by a lot of things like a tornado, his plane crashes and the mistakes he makes are pretty weired sometimes too. He kepps doing weird things like when he catches fish he says,"Fish for sale." Things like that.
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