HATCHET
Gary Paulsen
- United States Bradbury Press c1987.
- vii, 195 pages: illustrations 22cm.
a young adult novel about 13-year-old Brian Robeson, who survives a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness while traveling to visit his father. Alone with only a hatchet, Brian undergoes a 54-day, transformative ordeal, learning to find food, build shelter, and create fire, ultimately maturing from a dependent city boy into a resilient, self-sufficient survivor.