Hatchet
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.
For twenty years Gary Paulsen's award-winning contemporary classic has been the survival story with which all others are compared.
Newbery Honor (1988); Minnesota Book Award (1988); Golden Archer Award (1989); Virginia Readers' Choice Award for Middle Grade Readers (1989); Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (1989); Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award Nominee (1990); Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (1990); William Allen White Award (1990); Iowa Teen Award (1990); Sequoyah Book Award for Young Adult (1990); Young Hoosier Book Award for 6-8 (1991); Buckeye Children's Book Award for 6-8 (1991); Massachusetts Children's Book Award (1995); Soaring Eagle Book Award (1997)
About the Brian's Saga Series
Books in series order
- 1.Hatchet(1987)
- 2.The River(1991)
- 3.Brian's Winter(1996)
- 4.Brian's Return(1999)
- 5.Brian's Hunt(2003)
- +Guts: The True Stories behind Hatchet and the Brian Books(2001)
Reading age: 11+ years
This series should be read in order.
Brian Robeson, sole passenger on a Cessna 406, is on his way to visit his father when the tiny bush plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness. With nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present, Brian finds himself completely alone.
Challenged by his fear and despair – and plagued with the weight of a dreadful secret he's been keeping since his parent's divorce – Brian must tame his inner demons in order to survive. It will take all his know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed.