Hatchet

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Summary: Hatchet is an adventure that now has 2 different sequels.
Review: As a librarian and mother, Hatchet has helped me get more children reading than any other book. Gary Paulsen has given us a believable character with realistic problems of divorce and survival. When children are perplexed as to which book to read, I always ask if they have read this one. Then when they finish it I suggest The River and now the second sequel Brian's Winter. This is also a good one to read aloud to family or groups of kids.

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Summary: Fantastic! Excellent for any teenage, or older, boy!
Review: Very educational. It also instilled in me an appreciation of the things which I have in my life which I should be, and am, grateful for. My nephew will get copy for Christmas!

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Summary: I am sure Hatchet will keep you on the edge of your seat!!!
Review: If you are an 11-14 year old boy and you like stories you can relate to this is the one for you. It is very dicriptive and I am sure that it will keep you on the edge of your seat. One night I stayed up untile 12:30 at night reading the last five chapters because I just couldnt put it down. This is a good book to buy because I have read it three times and it is still awesome.

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Summary: Try this book, you just might like it.
Review: This book is great, but i only gave it 3 stars because it starts out way to boring but makes up for most of the boring parts once you get past the begining.

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Summary: An intriguing, suspenseful, fictitious action tale.
Review: A must read for the adventure seeker and wilderness lover!Brian Robeson, thirteen, boards a small bush plane along with thepilot. He is going to visit his father in Canada, after his parent's separation, knowing the secret, the reason for their divorce. Brian leaves New York with a hatchet, a parting gift from his mother. Most of the book is about Brian's experiences on his own, learning to take from nature to find food and shelter, learning to hunt and fish and protect himself. Does he live? Is he saved? These questions keep the reader intrigued for all 195 pages of the text. Brian is a strong, well developed character. He evolves, learns and matures from his experience. His story is one of bravery, determination, and the power of positive thinking. Gary Paulsen's writing style is naturally flowing, highly descriptive, and easy to read. The book is a fast read, but is easy to set down and pick up again without losing one's place in the story. A Newbery Honor Book that deserves to be read!

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Summary: It is one of the best survival, adventure book.
Review: A very good book, and you learn alot from it. One of the best adventure, survival book in the world. "the best"

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Summary: Anxious, exciting, heart breaking, and of course awesome
Review: I think this book is very well written. It has a lot of details and explains a lot. The story is great and adventureous. I especially liked the flashbacks. I have nothing negative to say about this book.

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Summary: Good book but not my standard of reading
Review: This book is definatly great!There's no doubt about that.The drawback is the fact that Paulsen uses details in the wrong places.Example:When the pilot is having a heart attack.I never heard of someone having a stomach ache and then having a heart attack.It doesn't take forever to describe a heart attack.Another example is that Paulsen uses too much detail on the scenery of the wilderness.How about a little more on what Brian is thinking?That's all I have to say.P.S., I wrote a review for the sequel Brians Winter.Given a choice:Buy this book and forget about the sequel.

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Summary: It was really great and the whole way through it was tense.
Review: The Hatchet was a great story that, although I read it a while ago now, I can still distinctly remember what a great story it was. It was a story that kept you interested for ages, I could not put it down, like many other books, because there was always something new on every page that would change the story dramatically.

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Summary: fantastic book
Review: this book was not only riveting, but wonderful and discriptive also. a five star book, all the way, A MUST READ BOOK!!!