Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
Taste attributes: adventureteendramawholesomerealisticsimplelinearemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalcoming of age
Boxlist takeStraightforward and grounded: a wholesome adventure novel. Best if you like plain sailing over puzzles.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
Brian Robison, a teenage boy struggling through his parents divorce, is flying up north to stay with his dad for the summer. However, his plane crashes and he is forced to survive the Canadian wilderness. Now living in a world completely opposite of his own, he is now able to discover himself in this forsaken and misunderstood beautiful world.
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- Author
- Gary Paulsen
- Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 192
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- Open Library
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