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    Hatchet (Brian's Saga Series #1) by Gary Paulsen

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    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
    • Pub. Date: January 2007
    • ISBN-13: 9781416936473
    • Sales Rank: 757
    • Age Range: 12 and up
    • 192pp
    • Series: Brian's Saga Series, #1
    • Edition Description: Reprint
     
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    Synopsis

    Stranded in the Canadian wilderness with only the clothes on his back and a hatchet, Brian Robeson must put his bitter thoughts of his parents' divorce behind and deal with trying to stay alive. "Plausible, taut, this (survival) story is spellbinding".--Kirkus Reviews.

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

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    Gary Paulsen is a three-time Newbery Honor winner. Among his best known titles are Brian's Winter and Soldier's Heart. This novel is based on his own life.

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    A Book Worth Your Whileby CharlieDunnAdams

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    November 20, 2008: The Hatchet is a novel written by Gary Paulsen. The manner in which I came across this book was that is was suggested to me by one of my friends who had said that it was the best book he had ever read?.I agree with him completely! I would classify this book in the category of adventure/survival because the story is full of action and high tempo events. To give you a quick idea, the book is about young adult named Brian who get stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere and must rely on only himself to survive. This book has become one of and if not my all-time favorite book that I?ve ever read. I really loved the way that Paulsen kept my attention up and my expectations high during the entire novel.
    As I was reading this amazing novel I could hardly bring myself to put the book down. I was always wondering what was going to happen next, which in my opinion is what makes a good book, because if a book has that much of your attention then you can almost put yourself in place of the character and instead of just reading it, you can live it.
    Any book that keeps my attention is one worth reading. Right when the action in the novel started to die down it immediately sprung back up into a heart-racing event that made you want to be in the shoes of the character. It didn?t matter the situation you felt like you were right in there, in on all the action. Thinking back, I cannot recall a single time that I was upset or disappointed in the novel.
    So, in conclusion, I do believe that it is quite obvious that I would definitely recommend this novel to any young-adult, or for that matter any reader of any age that loves adventure.

    The Hatchetby 2380

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    November 12, 2008: What gives Brian the courage to perform this miracle to stay alive? The book gives out clues and evidence that the dreams he has of his family and loved ones give him flashbacks which help him remember important key elements that help him live and barley get by. I believe the author's purpose (Gary Paulsen) is that we take advantage of a lot of technology we have in citys and towns and if we are taken away from this life style and put into a harder life style we will see that we don't really need all of this useless technology and that the nature is more important than television, and radio's, and cars. Brain lives with his mom because his parents are separated, he leaves town to fly over to his dad's house and the pilot suffers a heart attack which causes the pilot to lose consciousness. Brain movies the pilot out of the way and does his best to try and fly the plane without the auto pilot so he can land it. The plane eventually crashes down and Brian miraculously finds his way out of the plane that is sinking in the lake. Brian starts taking a lot of naps which help him to survive as he remembers how to start a fire using sparks by hitting a rock with his hatchet and blowing to give the fire oxygen. Brian then survives for couple months on his own! but the most breathe taking event that I thought was really inspiring was when a rescuer finally came to bring Brian home, as he approached Brian, Brain simply offered him food and asked him if he was hungry.


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