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Hatchet is the first of five novels about Brian Robeson’s experiences in the wilderness. Perhaps the most notable of its sequels is Brian’s Winter, which was the third published chronologically but offers an alternate ending to Brian’s rescue at the conclusion of Hatchet. Paulsen wrote Brian’s Winter to satisfy readers who felt that ...
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Hatchet by Gary Paulsen was first published in 1987. This gripping coming-of-age and survival novel follows the story of Brian Robeson, a 13-year-old boy who finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness after a plane crash. The plot revolves around Brian's struggle for survival as he contends with the harsh realities of nature, relying on his ...
Hatchet is the story of thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson. Brian sets off as a passenger in a single-engine bush plane to visit his father in northern Canada. On the way, the pilot dies in a heart attack. Brian, whom the pilot had been showing how to fly the plane before his heart attack, manages to crash the plane in a lake in the forest.
By Gary Paulsen. Gary Paulsen's ‘Hatchet’ tells the story of Brian Robeson, a thirteen-year-old boy still finding it hard to believe his parents have become estranged, now thrown into another turbulence when he crash-lands in a wilderness. Degree in M.C.M. Awarded Best Graduating Student in Literature-in-English at UNISEC.
The hatchet given to Brian by his mother would go on to save his life. Alone in the forest, it is with the hatchet he makes fire, builds and rebuilds what he would call his home, and builds tools for hunting. It is also with the hatchet that he gains entry to the plane after the tornado brought the tail up.
Hatchet 1 Brian Robeson stared out the window of the small plane at the endless green northern wilderness below. It was a small plane, a Cessna 406—a bushplane—and the engine was so loud, so roaring and consuming and loud, that it ruined any chance for conversation.
