Hatchet

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Summary: Practicly Perfect
Review: I bought this one night, and finished it in a while. This book was almost PERFECT! It was a story that brought me into the depths of continuing to read. If you like survival stories, grab this! Trust me, it is ANTI-boring!

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Summary: Hatchet
Review: Brian Robeson is thirteen and is on a survival mission in the Canadian wilderness. His plane crashed because his pilot had a heart attack and died. Brian then then found himself having to fly the plane all by himself. Brian decides to land in a near by lake. When Brian survives the crash he finds himself with only a twenty-dollar bill,a windbreaker, and his new hatchet his mother had given him. The lake in which he crashed in provided him drinking water, a bath tub and food. Brian learns to scavenge for berries and catch fish. He made a spear out of a long narrow stick. He speared fish, rabbits and foolbirds. Brian was not successful at this in the beginning. Brian learns to survive in the willderness with little or nothing at all. I reccommend this book to anyone who likes the outdoors or wo li kes a great adventure. This is a great book for anyone who wants to read and have fun. You do not only read the book but you learn in the process as well. You learn how to survive in the wilderness with limited supplies.

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Summary: Hatchet
Review: The book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is a very interesting and adventureous story. It is about a thirteen year old boy named Brian Robeson. He was in a plane crash Brian soon found himself on a survival mission in the Canadian wilderness. When he finds himself in the wilderness he only has a windbreaker, twenty-dollar bill, and a new hatchet his mother had given him. Brian learns to fish, hunt, and scavenge for berries. Brian encounters a tornado, a moose, a skunk and a porcupine. He mad a fire out of dried grass, and the sparks from his hatchet. After many tries Brian was finally successful. Lake in which Brian crashed in provided drinking water, a bath tub and food for him. Brian learns to survive in the wilderness with almost nothing at all. I reccommend this book to anyone who likes the outdoors and a great adventure. This book is great for anyone at any age, and you can never predict what is going to happen next. You do not only enjoy reading the book but you learn in the process as well. You learn about the outdoors and what to do if you are ever stuck having to survive in the wilderness with limited supplies.

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Summary: Why this book is so good.
Review: This is an awesome book because it tells an epic adventure of a boy who is determined to live in the Canadian wilderness. He is able to do so by learning how to make weapons, kill and cook prey, make shelter, and cherish the memories that he has of his mother and father. When compared to other books this book usually comes out on top with me because it is an action and a thriller all in one. I would get a quote that I could comment on, but there reeally aren't any that are good. In my opinion this book is really for only those who love to read about people who risk their lives just to save thei own.

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Summary: Super Book!
Review: Hatchet is a kind of book for people who like adventures.I read this with my partner Garrett.This book teaches you to survive without tools but Brian's only tool he has is his hachet.He makes stuff with it like a spear and a bow and arrow.Surviving and getting hit by a moose,getting poked by a porcipine,and getting real close to a wolf.Read the book to learn more about Brian and his adventure!

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Summary: Garrett's Review
Review: Hatcet is the most adventurous book I've ever read. This book shows Brian that crying won't get you anywhere. If you want to know what happens to Brian with plane crashes, porcupines, cows, wolves, and bears read Hatchet to find out. I recommend this book to all 3rd through 8th graders.

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Summary: An Adventure
Review: My name is Donald, and I give this book five stars. I liked Hatchet because it was an exciting book. It was an adventure.I like the parts when Brian gets attacked by a moose and a tornado. If I ever go on an airplane, I would make my own survival pack. I think this book is for 4th grade and up.

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Summary: Finding Yourself
Review: To anyone who enjoys adventure, Hatchet is the book for you. Not only did it keep my attention throughout the entire story, but it made me think. While flying over the Canadian wilderness, Brian's plane crashes. Brian is equipped to survive with nothing more than the clothes on his body and a hatchet. I contemplated what I would do if I was in Brian's situation or how I would react to the same experiences he had. This well-written book by Gary Paulsen took me beyond a superficial level of reading. I delved into a second and even third level of what the author was really portraying and trying to communicate to his reader. What Brian endured, he did so as much physically as mentally. His "survival", his "becoming a new person", these are just metaphors as to what we have to face at one time or another. Taken literally, Brian lived in the wilderness and found ways to survive. But on more than one level, he found himself through experience and discovered how to really "live" and "survive". I would recommend this book to anyone who believes that something greater awaits him or her. It is an inspiring piece of literature that rests on what we have inside us- toughness, perseverance; we just have to go out and discover that.

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Summary: Good, but luck plays too much of a role
Review: Hatchet is fast moving, easy to read, and the plot is simple to understand. All very good, but sometimes luck is just like another main character. I think that Brian was VERY LUCKY to have had a hatchet- going away present. He was VERY LUCKY that he had found a good place to 'land' the plane. He was VERY LUCKY to have 'landed' the plane. The list goes on and on. There were also some parts that could've been shortened. And this is the main flaw in survival stories: the plot doesn't develop that much: there's no story arc. I agree with some readers that Gary Paulsen could've combined all four Brian books. Then he wouldn't have to worry about the length and just cut out some of the unnecessary parts. On the other hand, the book was pretty realistic. I liked the fact that there weren't any other main characters in the survival part (not the flashbacks or the pilot dying part) besides Brian. It really gave Gary Paulsen a good chance of developing him. I liked Gary Paulsen's style and the way he decribed certain things: especially the fire. Another thing: even though the book was written about a decade or so ago, it took an awfully long time for someone to find Brian. If it were set in present time, it would've only taken a day to find him and rescue him. Overall, Hatchet's a good book. I will keep on reading Gary Paulsen's books because he has a very 'alive' imagination. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to read something realistic- something without supernatural stuff.

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Summary: hatchet
Review: i think that this book hatchet is a really really good good book becauser it really tells about the real life in the wilderness in the wild because you can really relate to the events in this story because it teaches you a real lesson on self survival in the wild on your own and by yourselfand i think that every person in america should read thisa book because it is a realloy good book and you can only be mature to even really read this book at all and that is all that i have got to say