Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (Fiction)
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (Fiction)
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Recommended by a Thayer 6th Grader in 2021
Recommended by a Thayer 5th Grader in 2024
Recommended by a Thayer 8th Grader in 2024
Synopsis, via Amazon:
"Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted by his secret knowledge of his mother’s 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 skills—how to make a shelter for himself, how to hunt and fish and forage for food, how to make a fire—and 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."
What Thayer students are saying:
"You should pick up and read this book if you like adventure."
"You should pick up and read this book if you like adventure in the wild."
"You should pick up and read this book if you like adventures!"
"This book is really good to learn about what to do when you get trapped in a forest!"
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