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Hatchet (1987)

by Gary Paulsen

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This is a nice story, but I think I would've enjoyed it even more as a teen, especially as a former Girl Scout who enjoyed the camping trips!

The background noise, I mean music, on this audiobook was a little distracting at times. Sometimes I even reached for my cell phone! The very last track of this audiobook was scratched or something, so it skipped and bumped through the last bit, just after...well, no spoilers here, but I heard enough to know how it ends pretty much. ( )
  dukefan86 | May 10, 2013 |
Characters: Brian Robeson Brian's mother Brian's fatherTerry Jim or JakeThe man with short blond hairMr. PerpichUncle Carter

Setting: THe setting is mostly in the forest.

Theme: Family struggles and survival..

Genre: Adventure, realistic fiction.

Summary: This is a story about a 13 year old adolescent who is trying to overcome the divorce of his parents. While flying on a plane, his plane crashes and he is stuck on a remote island and tries to survive with the only tool he has, which is a hatchet. Throughout the story, he is trying to survive different ordeals. He tries to survive while eating things that he would never eat, he tries to start a fire without matches, and he even tries to commit suicide. His survival becomes better when he finds an emergency pack within the crashing plane. Soon after, a plane lands and takes him home.

Audience: Adolescents and Teenagers who are trying to deal with parents divorcing and like adventures in the wilderness.

Curriculum ties: Ties to development where students are learnimg about how to deal with bullies.

Personal response: One thing I always was interested in was the great outdoors. As a kid, I loved enjoyed doing different things in the outdoors. I believe that this book brought back some of the memories that I did as a child while being a youth group. I especially enjoyed how the book gives students the opportunityt o link the outdoors with likning it to the struggles of being a family whose parents are getting divorced. I can imagine this can be difficult to many kids, which this book does a great job at presenting the struggles and how Brian deals with his struggles. Even though it does bring in the tough situation of the kid not wanting to live any longer, kids can relate to this also. What I though was cirtiical was the imagery that this book presented. It helped me imagine what Brian experienced and what he struggled with. Overall, I enjoyed this boko and it kept me on my toes. I especially like the happy ending. ( )
  Thach | May 9, 2013 |
This is a wonderful story of a young boy working to overcome great obstacles. Brian is a character that many students find it easy to relate with. ( )
  MrParks | May 8, 2013 |
Summary: Brian is on a flight to visit his father when the pilot dies of a heart attack. The plane crashes into a lake and Brian has to use a hatchet that his mother gave him in order to survive until help arrives.



Personal Reaction: This was a story that seems to always get assigned in class. It’s a pretty deep story about a boy fighting for survival and with kids in this day and age a little hard to believe they may be able to survive in that situation. It is a quick read and would be good for literacy groups.



Classroom Extension”

1) Have a visitor do demonstrations of how to survive in the wild

2) Use this book in literacy circles. ( )
  RosieBillings | Apr 24, 2013 |
its great for 4th grade and up. talks about being lost and survival skills, good for author study too.
  ChelseaBell | Apr 12, 2013 |
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secret, secret, oh the secret.
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To the students of the Hershey Middle School
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Brian Robeson stared out the window of the small plane at the endless green northern wilderness below.
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He could not play the game without hope; could not play the game without a dream. They had taken it all away from him now, they had turned away from him and there was nothing for him now. The plane gone, his family gone, all of it gone. They would not come. He was alone and there was nothing for him.
In measured time, forty-seven days had passed since the crash. Forty-two days, he thought, since he had died and had been born as the new Brian.
Many times he thought he would not make it.
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This LT work distinguishes Gary Paulsen's original 1988 novel, Hatchet, from later editions that include related readings. Thank you.
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Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father when the single-engine plane in which he is flying crashes. Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a tattered Windbreaker and the hatchet his mother gave him as a present -- and the dreadful secret that has been tearing him apart since his parent's divorce. But now Brian has no time for anger, self pity, or despair -- it will take all his know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed, to survive
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0689826990, Paperback)

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Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father when the single engine plane in which he is flying crashes. Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother has given him as a present -- and the dreadful secret that has been tearing him apart ever since his parents' divorce. But now Brian has no time for anger, self-pity, or despair -- it will take all his know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed, to survive.

(retrieved from Amazon Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:50:21 -0500)

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After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

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