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Hatchet

By: Gary Paulsen
Narrated by: Peter Coyote
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Publisher's summary

Newbery Award-winner Gary Paulsen's best-known book comes to audio in this breathless, heart-gripping drama about a boy pitted against the wilderness with only a hatchet and a will to live.

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.

©1992 Gary Paulsen (P)1992 Random House, Inc., Listening Library, An Imprint of Random House Audio Publishing Group

Critic reviews

"Brian Robeson, the sole passenger in a single-engine plane, is on his way to visit his father in the Canadian oil fields when his pilot suffers a heart attack. Alone and desperate, Brian guides the plane to a landing on an isolated lake. In a straightforward but compelling narration, Coyote captures Brian's terror, anguish and exultation as he learns to survive alone in the wilderness.... Musical effects underscore an air of suspense, mystery and dread." (AudioFile magazine)

"A dramatic, heart-stopping story." (Publishers Weekly)

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Entertaining

Nostalgic. Read it in highschool. A very good read. I recommend the other books in the series as well.

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Lit

Nice story weird how it repeats tho gona listen to the sequel that one gona be lit

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loved it!

I originally read this book in middle school. after reading it again as an adult, I can't imagine how I would have felt reading some of the more intense parts of this book. fun short read!

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i love this book

i loved this book as a child and still love it today amazing and great way to spark a love of the woods

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very good I love it.

Dang good book I like reading it to but I was at work and it worked out good for me.

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a trip down memory lane

I had forgotten about this book until my wife brought it up in conversation for some reason. I just got done with Into The Wild. I was in the mood for another adventure and couldn't wait to start. I, at 40 years old, still love this book as much as 12 year old me. I cant wait to read this to my kids.

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Amazing

absolutely fantastic book and really makes you marvel at the wonders of the world and what situation he was in

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I love this book

Book was very good. Was read with emphasis.
This book was very inspiring to me, before I read this book I was never very fond of the forest, but now I love it so much I want to experience what Brian did.
Thank you

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Wonderful

This book is just as good as I remember it as a child simply amazing, and a perfect voice actor

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Grear story and good voice

Great storyline brought me back to my childhood reading this in school. The reader has a great voice and it’s easy to follow along and understand only problem for the three stars on his review is the music I felt it was unnecessary.

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