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Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen (Reader: Peter Coyote)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Listening Library (1992-09-01)
ISBN: 0553470876
EAN: 9780553470871
Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: 1992-09-01
SKU: 08040170
Condition: New New
Comments: New book on 3 audio cassette tapes still in factory shrink wrap.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
On his way to visit his recently divorced father in the Canadian mountains, thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is the only survivor when the single-engine plane crashes. His body battered, his clothes in shreds, Brian must now stay alive in the boundless Canadian wilderness.
More than a survival story, Hatchet is a tale of tough decisions. When all is stripped down to the barest essentials, Brian discovers some stark and simple truths: Self-pity doesn't work. Despair doesn't work. And if Brian is to survive physically as well as mentally, he must discover courage
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Customer Reviews
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Hatchet
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-10-05
Gary Paulsen's adventures of Brian are the only books my 15 year old son has ever ASKED me to buy for him. Apparently theyre a really good read.
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Survival and nature
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-09-20
This is a riveting novel. The character is alive, breathing and hanging on for life the whole bumpy ride. This was my second (possibly third) reading of Hatchet, and as an adult there is a lot I didn't remember and feel I missed in my previous pass of the deep language and concept that is this novel.
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Hatchet
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-09-09
(I post this verbatim review authored by my youthful nephew, Gavin -- an avid reader and bright kid):
This is a great book about survival in the outdoors. It is about a boy named Brian, who is in a plane crash in northern Canada. He is forced to make shelter, fire, and weapons to get food with only a hatchet and the strings of his shoes. This is a book great for ages 10 to 100 [no offense to the 102 year olds reading this].
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page turner
Rating (4)
Date: 2008-09-08
This is definitely a book that you don't want to put down!
For kids keep in mind that there are several references to his parents' divorce and his mother's seeing another man. Also, the boy attempts suicide.
My only complaint is that the main character, Brian, is a bit too...what...emotional? The writing is stream-of-consciousness and Brian is afraid of a lot, e.g. bird guts, dead people, he can't quite say "threw up" - has to say "got sick"...He comes across as delicate, but he isn't - he survives again and again. He just seems too introspective - and that really put me off.
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Hatchet
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-09-07
My grandson and I are reading it and find it very interesting and informative. There is no foul language. I would recommend it for young people that may be going through a similar situation.
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