Hatchet:By Gary Paulsen
In Brief
Hatchet is an adventure story about young Brian desperate struggles for survival when lost in Canadian woods. A coming-of-age story of a boy who must confront both physical and psychological challenges in order to grow and discover himself and his strength. Along the way, readers discover themes of hope, perseverance, and self-realization in both Brian and themselves.
Why you should read it?
''A heart-stopping story...something beyond adventure, a book that plunges readers into the cleft of the protagonist's experience." —Publishers Weekly
A Newbery Honor Book
An ALA Notable Book
Booklist Editor's Choice
Hatchet is a award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared—and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor..Hatchet serves as a mirror for young adolescent who can relate with the Brian’s apprehension, his confusion, his frustration and despair when thrust in an unknown situation and how he struggles for survival by his sheer determination and perseverance sorting himself out at emotional level, discovering his strengths and embracing his new reality with maturity gaining self -confidence and self-reliance while passing to young adulthood. It reinforces appreciation for life small and simple things which matter the most helping adolescent embrace the new reality with wisdom.
