Hatchet

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Summary: Hatchet
Review: Have you ever wanted to wonder what it's like to be out in the wild? Well, here is a book that I couldn't put down because Hatchet is the best survival book that I have ever read. The characters in the story are a boy named Brian, his mother, and a pilot. Hatchet is a very descriptive book. This book is about a boy who went on a trip in a pilot plane and crash landed into a lake. Brian is in the wild for almost a year. I thought that the ending was good. The book was very good and I think you could not put the book down.

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Summary: Hatchet is an adventure book about a lost soul.
Review: The book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is about a boy named Brian. Brain is on his way to the oilfields in Alaska to see his dad. In Canada Brain's plane crashes into a lake. With only his hatchet Brian learns to survive. Brain has to somehow get communication with people. The book teaches how to survive in the wilderness. Hatchet also teaches how to act in real life emergencies. I would recomend this book to anyone who enjoy's the
outdoors.

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Summary: Hatchet
Review: By Gaury Paulson, Jan/28/03

Reviewed by: James Brady

I think Hatchet was a wonderful book. It is full of adventurous quests. But I do have some comments about it, one of which is, "Why couldn't Brian go for the black box in the beginning?" I mean it was a great story and all. Everything that he described I could so picture with perfect detail. But, I seriously doubt that he taught himself how to make his own bow and arrows. I recommend this book to anyone who loves reading about adventures in the wildlife.

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Summary: Surviving the Wild
Review: This book is the best book i have ever read. I have read some other books written by Gary Paulsen and I think he is the best author ever. Hatchet is a fiction book where Brian Robeson is trying to survive the wild of Canada and his parents divorce. This book is a great book for people who are going camping for the first time. This book should be on everybody's bookshelf with other books on surviving.
In the beggining of the book Brian is going to his dad's house because their parents got divorced a couple of months ago. Before the flight his mother gives him a hatchet to put on his belt and if his dad makes him go and chop wood or something like that. After he has been flying for a hour or two the pilot ask how he is doing and shows him how to fly the plane . After that the pilot lets Brian fly the plane for a couple of minutes. Then they don't talk for a hour and then the pilot starts making weird noises and starts letting out awful smells. Brian doesn't say anything about it. Then the pilot screams and grabs his chest. The pilot dies of the heart attack. Brian luckily finds a L shaped lake and the gas runs out the plane crashes into the lake. Will Brian survive?

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Summary: Hatchet- A Great Book
Review: Brian Robenson is flying on a two passanger plane over the Canadian wilderness to visit his dad and then... BOOM!!! The pilot gets a heart attack and dies. Luckily, the pilot showed Brian how to control the plane because it was so "easy". So, the plane crashe when it runs out of fuel. Lucky Brian surrvives. Now he has to figure how to surrvive with only a hatchet.
This was an excellent book. Paulsen is a genius! Ignore the kid who thinks it stunk because they are completly wrong. Anyway, they described the book so well, it was just like giving it 5 stars.
The other books (The River, Brian's Winter and Brian's Return) are also good, but I think this one is the best. Happy reading!!!

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Summary: My Favorite Book
Review: I honestly love this book. Gary Paulson is true in is words, and brings the book to life. He wrote an amazing storyline and I would recommend this book to high school students. The ending was a little rugged, but overall this was an awsome book and obviously a very popular one at that. I give this book two thumbs up.

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Summary: A Review Of Hatchet: Worst book I have EVER read!!!
Review: I was looking at my review earlier of this book, and I come off rather harsh. So I'm rewriting this review. I still don't like the book and will probably never read it again unless I'm forced to because of English or something.

This is about a boy Brian Robeson who is trapped in the Canadian wilderness when the plane he's in crashes. The only thing he has is a hatchet his mom gave him before he got on the plane. His parents are going through a divorce and throughout the first several chapters you learn why. Brian is all alone and he must learn to survive. He learns to hunt and fish and he makes some shelter for himself. Needless to say, he is eventually rescued. That's all I'll tell you about the plot. If this book really iterests you, then go read it. I do suggest you rent it from the library rather than buying it though.

As Brian was all alone, there was very little dialogue. One of the things I didn't like was that the author repeated the same word over and over, for emphasis I guess: "falling, falling, falling...." That kind of repetition got old quickly.

I also find it a bit unbelievable that a 13 or 14 year old could survive weeks all by himself living off the land. I could believe that if the book took place about 100 years ago, but in this day and age?...

If you are looking for a more believable wilderness survival story, I'd recommend The Swiss Family Robinson or Robinson Crusoe, both classics.

Sorry that my previous review was rather harsh, but I do not like this book at all. If you really like this book, there are sequels and companions to it, (not that I plan on reading them, but hey! if you liked this one, then be my guest and read them). If you're interested in knowing what the sequels are then here you go: Brian's Hunt, Brian's Return, Brian's Winter, and The River. Also, please do not vote this review unhelpful cause you don't like my views, only if you really think it's unhelpful.

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Summary: A Great Adventure Story For All Ages
Review: This story might be about a young boy stranded in the wilderness, but it could apply to any neophyte in the same circumstances. It shows the perils that exist out there for the unexperienced, and the resourcesfulness and will to live of the human species. It's simply a good adventure story.

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Summary: Hatchet
Review: I like how it talks about the woods and how he survived in spite of the many hardship he faced. This book excels as a survival story, I especially liked the scene when the mad moose attached Brian and when the tornado hit his shelter. I was really curious to know how he handled this situation and the author explains this very well. I did not give this book the highest rating because it is slow moving and I am not really too fond of survival stories.

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Summary: Hatchet a review by Bobby
Review: Hatchet
by: Gary Paulsen

In the book Hatchet, Brian Robeson is taking a plane ride to Canada to visit his father. He is going because his mother and father are divorced and his parents live in two different places. On the plane ride it is silent as a sleeping baby until the pilot decides to teach Brain how to fly the plane.

The kind of plane they are riding in is a small bushplane with easy controls. The pilot teaches Brian the basic controls like how to turn and how to fly up or down. Then suddenly the pilot starts moaning and groaning that his arm aches and Brian starts to smell something funny. The pilot jokes it must be something he ate. Next, the pilot starts jolting back in his seat and at the next moment, the pilot has a heart attack and dies.

Brian now has to pilot the plane. The plane starts leaning, turns to the sharply and goes off course, but Brian doesn't realize it. Then the plane starts running out of gas and starts going down. Brain keeps looking for a lake to land in. Finally, Brain sees a clearing that leads to a lake. He flies the plane down, pulls up to slow down, and the plane crashes into the lake. Brian survives, but the plane sinks to the bottom of the lake.

All Brain has left is $20.00, his hatchet, and a smashed watch. He finds berries to satisfy his hunger and the lake that he landed in is fresh water. Brain realizes he has his hatchet to start a fire to keep warm.

Another scene in the book was when Brain encounters a black bear and thinks it's going to eat him. Brain stands perfectly still. Next, the bear stands on its hind legs and sniffs Brian. Finally, the bear just leaves him alone and walks away. I was on the edge of my seat until I found out that the bear walked away. How many days will Brain survive out in the wilderness? Will somebody find him? This is a great book. I encourage you to read the rest of the series, which are the books The River, Brian's Winter, and Brian's Return.