TY - BOOK AU - Paulsen, Gary AU - Gary Paulsen TI - HATCHET SN - 0689808828 U1 - Fic. P285h 1987 PY - 1987/// CY - United States PB - Bradbury Press KW - Young adult Novel N2 - 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 ER -