Hatchet

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Summary: Hatchet
Review: Hatchet is a very interesting book written by Gary Paulsen. One of the things that kept me reading this book was that it was filled with suspense. The main character is a thirteen-year-old boy named Brian Robeson. You never knew what was going to happen to Brian next. Brian was attacked by a bear, skunk, porcupine, and a moose throughout the story. I always wondered if he was going to be killed or be able to survive the next ordeal. The reader is left wondering if he was going to be found by anyone or not. As I read the book, I tried to figure out how Brian would meet his next challenge. You never knew what was around the next corner for Brian.

I found the book was full of action. Brian had to crash land the plane when the pilot had a heart attack. He had to swim to safety. He survived on his own by using information he learned from reading books and watching the television. Brian is all alone and has to grow up fast if he wants to survive and ever see his parents again. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good book full of suspense and adventure.

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Summary: Who Should Read This Book? Everyone.
Review: 'Hatchet' is one of those rare books that can be read and enjoyed by children and adults. No matter who you are, you're likely to learn some important lessons about yourself.

Thirteen year-old Brian is flying to visit his father in the Canadian wilderness. Brian has little time to reflect upon his parents' recent divorce - the pilot suffers a heart attack during the flight and dies. And no one else is aboard the plane. If Brian doesn't find a way to land the plane, he'll die too.

To call 'Hatchet' an "adventure story" would be a gross understatement. It is so much more. In Brian, readers of all ages will see a broad range of emotions: fear, courage, hope, despair. Brian makes several discoveries, but the most important one is an inner discovery. To survive in the wilderness, he must not only find a new way to live, but a new way to think.

'Hatchet' is so well written, I never felt that anything Paulsen wrote was contrived or unbelievable. Everything rings true, which is both rare and welcome. 'Hatchet,' like Lois Lowry's 'Number the Stars,' is one of those books that everyone should read. You might just find a new way to think...and to live.

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Summary: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Review: Mrs. Frisby is a field mouse who is a widow. She is faced with a major dilemma. Her youngest son, Timothy is very sick and moving day is coming soon. She can't move her family out of their winter home which is a cinder block in a farmer's field. Spring is coming early and the farmer will be plowing soon. If Mrs. Frisby stays her family and her home will be crushed by the plow. Timothy is to sick to move. Mrs. Frisby goes to the Rats to ask for help.

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Summary: Hatchet
Review: The novel hatchet was about the thirteen years old boy. He was on his way to visit his father, but the pilot had a hard attack. And he couldn't fly by his half because of the gas. And the plane crash to the lake. He was by his self-alone in the wilderness. He went though many problems. He fights with wild animals. He was looking for food in the entire place. Now he understands how animals can help to live. He learns how to survive, how to build shelter. He meet bears, turtle, skunk...
He gets sick in the wilderness, because of the blueberries. He gets many more problems because sometimes he doesn't think what he is doing.
I did not like this book, because the words are really hard. And author put so many information about one thing. And I don't like that kind of stories. I don't believe is true story, I like more true or love stories. I now that what happen with Brian could happen to anyone ell's life.
If I could change something in this novel I will change the word and did not put so many information about everything...Because its boring to read...

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Summary: Hatchet - Josh
Review: My favorite book that I've read is the very well known novel entitled, Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen. The novel is about a regular boy named Brian Robeson, and he goes to meet his father in Canada, but as he's in the plane heading to his father, something goes terribly wrong; the pilots of the plane gets a sudden heart attack! As the plane goes down in the story, the stakes rise for Brian. That's one example of why this book is so great! Gary Paulsen explains Brian's troubles in simple words, yet he uses lots of those words to describe Brian's troubles well. One other example is, it sparks your mind into reading or makes you start reading Gary Paulsen's nooks. I assure you, give this book to a person that doesn't like reading, and after a week, they'll come to you asking for books written by Gary. In this novel, the question is," How will the main character, Brian, survive?" So it's obvious that this book is an adventure and a "man against nature" conflict novel. As you have probably guessed, Brian suffers from hunger and searches for food and shelter. When Brian finds any kind of food, Gary describes Brian to feel like he just found money []off the street! The third reason why this book is so well thought out is because of the creativity Gary has put into Brian. Brian uses a lot of things in his environment around him in every way; a common stick can be a spear or an arrow. To sum it up, when you start this book, you won't stop reading it until Brian is rescued. I feel that Gary Paulsen gave Brian Robeson life, and that's what
made, Hatchet a great book.

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Summary: Awesome book!
Review: I rate this five-stars because the author made you feel like you were experiencing the same things that Brian did. I also liked the amount of detail the author used to describe events. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes non-stop adventure.

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Summary: Hatchet
Review: Hatchet

Hatchet is a great book for people who like adventure books. It is about a boy who is flying to his mother's house. He had to take a plane, but the pilot was not feeling well. The pilot had a heart attack. The boy tried to fly the plane, but he could not steer it and it crashed. The boy was stranded on an island with a hatchet that his father had given him for his birthday. He built himself shelter with wood he cut up with the hatchet. He had to eat fish to survive. He had to cut up the fish with the hatchet. The boy had to completely change his lifestyle to survive. He had to have a positive attitude to survive, but some days he did not feel that great. He found the radio from the plane. He tuned it and got a man on the line. He told him that he was stranded on an island. Did the man save the boy? Read Hatchet to find out!
I thought that Hatchet was a great book. It was very suspenseful because I did not know what was going to happen next. I do not recommend this book to people who do not like action or adventure. I would rate this book a four out of five stars.

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Hatchet is about a thirteen-year-old boy named Brain, and he is going to live with his dad for the summer. He takes a private plane up north where his father lives. During the middle of the flight his pilot has a heart attack. Brain finds a way to land the plane, but he is in the middle of the woods, and remembers flying over woods for miles. Some how he needs to find a way to survive and get help.
Hatchet was a very interesting and tense book. All the things Brain has to go through are very scary. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants action and adventure. I really like how the author, Gary Paulson, kept your adrenaline running right until the end. I would give this book. !!!5/5 Stars!!!

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Summary: Hatchet: Kara
Review: Hatchet was great book and the audio reader was fine, I would recommend it if you are not into reading. The events that happen in this story are so real you almost feal like you are there. It is about a boy Brian who is on his way to his father's house when his pilot has a heart attack. He is forced to land the plane when it runs out of gas, so he crashes it in a lake. He sleeps for about a day then sorts out what he must do. His only weapon and tool at the time is his hatchet. It was given to him by his mother before he left. He eats berries at first, then fish and bird, then he finally gets the survival pack from the plane and has afeast. The rest of the book was about how he survived. Eventually he was found by a man but was unsure when going home. He missed the wilderness and trying to survive. Hatchet was a great book and I encourage you to read it.

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Summary: Overrated Trash
Review: Gary Paulsen's Hatchet is easily one of the worst books I have ever read. Paulsen's style and diction merit a children's book. There is no depth, meaning, complexity, et cetera. The main thing which people who actually like this abomination cling to is Paulsen's ability to make it seem real; Of all the things one could claim, that is one of the most outrageous. This book does not convey any sense of reality at all, it merely explains the main character's illogical or simplistic actions, shallow thoughts, unrealistic emotions, and naive reactions - and moreover it does this sans any insight or purpose. Perhaps this book would be alright for kindergarteners or first-graders; beyond that, I would highly discourage anyone from even giving this book a second glance.