Hatchet

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Summary: Hatchet, a great survival story
Review: I think that this was an overall exciting book. This would be a good book for a child age 8 to 12 to read by themselves. This book seems to be intended to be read for entertainment purposes. This book would also be good for a teacher to read to her class for grades K through 4. The author does a good job in describing the setting. Through his use of detailed description, you feel like you are in the woods with the young boy.

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Summary: My favorite book.
Review: I really appreciate all of the hard work that Paulsen put into this book. There were many facts in this novel, and I learned a lot. I liked all of the detail, such as the mosquitos, which made me feel as if I was actually getting bit. I loved this book because I really enjoy survival stories and just about anything outdoors. I also enjoy reading any of Gary's other books because they're all very good. I loved Brian's Winter and Brian's Return, and although these novels were also excellent, Hatchet is my all-time favorite.

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Summary: Paulsen delivers-
Review: Paulsen delivers fantasy in his story of a boy caught in the wilderness after his plane crashed in the Canadian wilderness on his way to his dads house. He encounters many obstacles and struggles to make it from day to day. The wonderful thing about Hatchet was my abilty to put myself in Brians shoes and wonder what exactly I would do in that position (would I be able to burn good ole Andrew Jackson to start a fire or not - probably not).

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Summary: I WILL SURVIVE
Review: This book is all about a young boys will to survive. I think this book keeps the reader in suspence wanting to read on. This book is very easy to understand because of the detail Paulsen gives which makes every scene come to life. I think this book is very good for young adults because it faces issues that are belivable yet left to the imagination. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading about adventure. For someone who does not like to read much I truley enjoyed this book and would read it again...What are you waiting for? Read!

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Summary: An Awesome Book
Review: Gary Paulson's "The Hatchet" was one of the best books I have ever read. The excitement and danger on every turn of a page made it hard to put down. The main character, Brian, uses his brain to a maximum extentwhen he has hardly anything. Then he makes things out of wood using the one thing he has, a hatchet. He finds out he can make a fire with the hatchet and get supplies from the crashed plane and almost forgets about his home. he makes arrows and a bow and he hunts and fishes for food. This book is one of the most magnificent books I have ever read. I love it so much, I have read it four times. It is a great book for fifth grade through seventh grade. I would recommend it to everyone.

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Summary: A True Children's Classic!
Review: This story about a young boy stranded in the Canadian wilderness will never lose it's affect on me. Being a child of divorce I can totally empathize with Brian's struggles to cope. And I appreciate Gary Paulsen's comparing that struggle with actual survival. But this book is in no way a sermon on how to deal with divorce. It's about learning to co-exist, and to overcome any obstacles. The descriptions of how Brian went about ensuring his survival, only with the use of his hatchet (hence the title) were awe inspiring when a pre-teen and the book still retains a sentimental hold over my heart as an adult. the encounters with wildlife range from comical to downright horrifying. Hatchet made me appreciate the things I had and also allowed me to realize that I shouldn't seek too hard the things I desired to have but didn't. Overall this is a great book to give your 10-13 year old, a book about respect for nature, appreciation for life, and above all understanding that you can make it through the toughtest of situations as long as you have the right tools and are willing to learn how to use them.

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Summary: An awsome book!
Review: This was a really exciting book! A 13 year old boy named Brian Robeson was on his way to see his father who lives in Canada. Until the pilot of the single engine airplane he was fling in, had a heart attack. Brian had to land the plane on a L-shaped lake, when it finally crashed, he swam saftly to shore. From then on, he has to learn how to survive alone in the wilderness, armed only with a hatchet. I highly recommend this book to everybody. Page after page it was a great book!

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Summary: The ok Book
Review: The book was ok. the only realy good part was when he started knowing how to make a fire and knowing more about were he was at . well it was an ok story.

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Summary: Very long and boring
Review: I think that this book was way to long and boring. I would'ntrecommend this book to anyone, because it drags on and takes to longto get on with the story. That is my review for the Hatchet.

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Summary: very boring and to long
Review: This book was boring and dumb. I would never recommend this book to anyone. Brian is in a place were there is lots of food and he is starving because he is ignorant.