Hatchet

Description

This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all
others are compared—and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of
the Newbery Honor. Hatchet has also been nominated as one of America’s best-
loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. 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. Read more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Reissue edition (December 26, 2006)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1416936475
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 73
• Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9+ years, from customers
• Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1020L
• Grade level ‏ : ‎ 5 – 9
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.13 x 0.6 x 7.63 inches