Hatchet

Author: Gary Paulsen

 

5 Stars

Three time Newbery Honor book

By: Hyrum

When Brian’s pilot gets a heart attack and pulls the plane off course, Brian tries landing it on a lake. Miraculously, he survives and is stranded in the wilderness with only a Hatchet his mother gave him. Hatchet is an exciting story where Brian has to survive in the Canadian woods, with many flashbacks of bad memories. He faces many problems, like getting food, meat, a good fire, and weapons and tools. He has many mistakes and learns from all of them. In the end, he will never be the same again.

            This book has lots of exiting twist and turns to the whole book. It is kind of slow to get to the exiting points, but it is worth the wait. He finds out how to kill fish, and from the fish remains, trap lots of fish. He builds a bow, arrows, and a spear. With only these weapons, he survives 3 summer months all alone in the Canadian woods. Could you do all of that?   

            In the end Hatchet is a book where Brian is stranded in the Canadian woods for three months with only a few basic tools. He survives many hard times and lives for all three months. You might even have to do this too!