W. Ross Macdonald School Library

Hatchet /

Paulsen, Gary, 1939-2021, author.

Hatchet / Gary Paulsen. - Aladdin Paperbacks edition. - New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2006, c1987. - 186 pages ; 18 cm.

Sequel: The river.

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.

Guided reading: R Grade level: 5.0 Lexile: 1020L DRA: 40

Newbery Honor Book, 1988 Margaret A. Edwards Award, 1997

9781416936473

00265251


Airplane crash survival--Fiction.
Divorce--Fiction.
Wilderness survival--Fiction.


Canada--Fiction.


FICTION / Action & Adventure.

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