Hatchet

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Summary: Some unlikely parts
Review: A Review by Kevin

One evening, Brian Robinson was on a small, 2 person aircraft on it's way to Canada from New York, when all of a sudden the pilot has a heart attack and dies with 13 year old Brian all along over Canadian Wilderness. Brian crash lands the plane in an "L" shaped lake. Will Brian be rescued or will he be out there for a lot longer than first thought? Either way the story goes on in, "Brian's Winter" and, "The River".

I like how this book shows how complete ignorance can spawn into in depth knowledge of how to survive with only small tools such as the hatchet that Brian has through this series. I thought that this book was realistic as far as how he survived but some of the Problems he faced were not, such as a 40 or so year old pilot having a heart attack, and a tornado in the Canadian Wilderness. I believe that although this book had some unlikely parts, that it all in all was a realistic novel and reading it might be able to help someone if they were ever in that sort of a situation.

I would recommend this book to people who like realistic adventure novels, although it had some unrealistic parts to it. It is an addictive story and not hard to follow, it keeps you in the book and ready to read more.

Rating:
Summary: 20 Pages Long
Review: Hatchet is your average survival story: nothing special there. It is low in its genre. I think that if Paulsen would actually write the story, and not the way every lousy rock looks, it would be about twenty pages and an interesting read. However, I constantly had to remind myself, "this is for school, this is for school..." otherwise I may never have made it through. Simply said, this book is no keeper, it is a dragging, overly-descriptive torture of a book.

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Summary: Hatchet
Review: Hatchet
Author: Gary Paulsen
Bryan's is 13, and his parents are divorced. Bran is going to see his father for the summer vacation. When he is going, the pilot has a heart attack, and wrecks the plane. He wrecks right by the sure of an Island. Bryan stays at the Island for some time. He didn't have any clues of what he was doing, and he still survived. Bryan has a few hard times like a thunderstorm or getting sprayed by a skunk. Bryan is very brave in the book.
Hatchet really is a good book. It comes out and tells you some small tips on how to survive by water with a wrecked plane right at the sure. This book is funny and all that. This really is a true package. There is no other book better than this. Reading this book is worth it.
Please get this book. You have to. It lets you use foreshadowing. The River by Gary Paulsen is the sequel of hatchet. Get this book to find out what will happen.
By: Jesse

Rating:
Summary: An Excellent Book
Review: Brian, the main character, is a growing, and maturing character as he is lost in the woods in this excellent book, that draws you into it and wont let you put it down the whole time, by Gary Paulsen.
This book starts off with Brian flying in a plane to go see his father in Canada. Then the pilot has a heart attack and Brian is stuck with flying the plane as far as he can. And once he runs out of gas and finds a lake, he lands the plane in the lake crashing the plane and the plane sinks. Brian got out of the plane but he kept thinking of the dead pilot strapped in the plane. After a long time of sitting there in self pity and blaming this all on 'The Secret,' he realizes that he has nothing accept his hatchet that was given to him by his mother, and his tattered clothes. After realizing that he saw a rock face and spotted a place he could call a shelter. It was a nice size place, about 8' by 11'. And when he gets a visit in the middle of the night from a porcupine he found out the hard way that he could make sparks with his hatchet. When he got up in the morning and thought about what had happened he tried to make a fire. After about an hour or two he finally did it after many attempts. He found that he could make weapons out of tree branches and sharpen them with his hatchet to kill the 'fool birds' and fish and cook them on the fire. Everything
was going great for Brian; accept the fact that he is lost in the woods, until the 'insane day' comes. On this day a moose attacked him twice and a tornado came and attacked his
shelter. All of his weapons were gone and all of the food he saved up was gone also. The tornado did one good thing, lifted the plane's tail out of the water. Brian decided to go into the plane and get the survival kit out of the plane and he would be set for a wile longer.
To find out what's in the plane and what ever happens to Brian check out Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. You will not be able to put it down until the very end.

Rating:
Summary: Some Unlikely Parts
Review: One evening, Brian Robinson was on a small, 2 person aircraft on it's way to Canada from New York, when all of a sudden the pilot has a heart attack and dies with 13 year old Brian all along over Canadian Wilderness. Brian crash lands the plane in an 'L' shaped lake. Will Brian be rescued or will he be out there for a lot longer than first thought? Either way the story goes on in, 'Brian's Winter' and, 'The River'.

I like how this book shows how complete ignorance can spawn into in depth knowledge of how to survive with only small tools such as the hatchet that Brian has through this series. I thought that this book was realistic as far as how he survived but some of the Problems he faced were not, such as a 40 or so year old pilot having a heart attack, and a tornado in the Canadian Wilderness. I believe that although this book had some unlikely parts, that it all in all was a realistic novel and reading it might be able to help someone if they were ever in that sort of a situation.

I would recommend this book to people who like realistic adventure novels, although it had some unrealistic parts to it. It is an addictive story and not hard to follow, it keeps you in the book and ready to read more.

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Summary: "My View on the Noel Hatchet!"
Review: On my opinion, and mind only, I think the novel Hatchet is a fantastic and exciting book. Thoughtout this book I could tell how the author used descriptive language which then created imagery in my mind. This novel is mainly about a young 13 year old boy, Brian Robeson, who is travelling to his father's with a timid pilot. Soon, the pilot gets sick and has a massive heart attack. Brian panics tremendously and using the knowledge that the pilot has given him Brian tries to land the plane in a lake. With great luck the plane cashed in a L shaped lake leaving Brian in the Canadian Wilderness all by himself. I would diffenitly have to rate this book with 5 stars and I would like to take this time to say congradulations to the intelligent author, Gary Paulson, who made my day every chapter of the novel. It is a magnificent novel, perhaps the best one I have ever read in my entire life. I would love to create a wonderful book like Hatchet and have the knowledge to do so. It was just a reamarkable novel!!

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Summary: Hatchet
Review: The book Hatchet is about a thirteen year old boy named Brian Robeson. Brian is on his way to Canada to visit his father. During the flight up to Canada Brian's pilot has a heart attack. Brian is the only other person on the plane and has to figure out a way to land the plane. Brian crashes the plane in the Canadian woods and learnes how to survive in the wilderness by himself.
I think that this was a good book. I liked that he was all alone and figured out everything by himself and was able to stay alive. I don't think that the author did anything wrong with this book.

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Summary: Hatchet
Review: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is about a boy named Brian Roberson that is going to visit his father in Canada. The pilot had a heart attack so the boy had to fly the plane. The boy crashed the plane in a ocean,because the plane ran out of gas. The boy surived the crash because he swam to the shores. I enjoy this book because I like action books. Gary Paulson writes action books. I give this book five stars.

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Summary: Hatchet
Review: I'm sorry, but it was BORING! I really disliked it. It was kind of interesting the way he survived, but still it was boring. It seemed to drag on forever, and there just seemed no point. I mean I know there was a point and a plot, but I don't think it was shown very well.

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Summary: Interesting Book
Review: Brian Robesonwas going to see his dad in Canada. The pilot told Brian to get in the copilot's seat. The pilot took off after an hour or so the pilot had a heart attack. Brian tried to get hold of the people at the airport and tried to fly the plane. Brian crashed in the North Canadian Woods. Brian tried to build a camp so he would stay safe. He used hatchet to build a fire and protect himself. He eventually found a survior kit and found many things he needed. Will someone find Brian?

I like the book because it was interesting. I learned about how to make a fire and how to hunt for food.