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.
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..
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.
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.
When the plane crashes, killing the pilot, the sole survivor is Brian.
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.
Hatchet has also been nominated as one of America\'s best-loved novels by PBS\'s The Great American Read.
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
