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Hatchet / Gary Paulsen. --
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 by his mother and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
Record details
- ISBN: 1416936467 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781416936466 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 189 p.
- Edition: Simon Pulse ed. --
- Publisher: New York ; Simon & Schuster Children's Pub., 2007, c1987.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Newbery Honor Book"--Cover. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 7.99 |
| Awards Note: | Newberry Honor book |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Airplane crash survival > Canada > Fiction. Divorce > Fiction. Wilderness survival > Fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | J FIC Pauls | 31681020107488 | JFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Headed for Canada to visit his father for the first time since his parents' divorce, thirteen-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of a plane crash, with only the clothes he has on and a hatchet to help him live in the wilderness. A Newbery Honor Book. Reprint. - Baker & Taylor
Headed for Canada to visit his father for the first time since his parents' divorce, thirteen-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of a plane crash, with only the clothes he has on and a hatchet to help him live in the wilderness. - Simon and Schuster
This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are comparedâand a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor. Hatchet has also been nominated as one of Americaâs best-loved novels by PBSâs The Great American Read.
Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted by his secret knowledge of his motherâs infidelity, is traveling by single-engine plane to visit his father for the first time since the divorce. When the plane crashes, killing the pilot, the sole survivor is Brian. He is alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present.
At first consumed by despair and self-pity, Brian slowly learns survival skillsâhow to make a shelter for himself, how to hunt and fish and forage for food, how to make a fireâand even finds the courage to start over from scratch when a tornado ravages his campsite. When Brian is finally rescued after fifty-four days in the wild, he emerges from his ordeal with new patience and maturity, and a greater understanding of himself and his parents.
