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Summary: Surviving the Wild
Review: This book is the best book i have ever read. I have read some other books written by Gary Paulsen and I think he is the best author ever. Hatchet is a fiction book where Brian Robeson is trying to survive the wild of Canada and his parents divorce. This book is a great book for people who are going camping for the first time. This book should be on everybody's bookshelf with other books on surviving.
In the beggining of the book Brian is going to his dad's house because their parents got divorced a couple of months ago. Before the flight his mother gives him a hatchet to put on his belt and if his dad makes him go and chop wood or something like that. After he has been flying for a hour or two the pilot ask how he is doing and shows him how to fly the plane . After that the pilot lets Brian fly the plane for a couple of minutes. Then they don't talk for a hour and then the pilot starts making weird noises and starts letting out awful smells. Brian doesn't say anything about it. Then the pilot screams and grabs his chest. The pilot dies of the heart attack. Brian luckily finds a L shaped lake and the gas runs out the plane crashes into the lake. Will Brian survive?
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Summary: Hatchet- A Great Book
Review: Brian Robenson is flying on a two passanger plane over the Canadian wilderness to visit his dad and then... BOOM!!! The pilot gets a heart attack and dies. Luckily, the pilot showed Brian how to control the plane because it was so "easy". So, the plane crashe when it runs out of fuel. Lucky Brian surrvives. Now he has to figure how to surrvive with only a hatchet.
This was an excellent book. Paulsen is a genius! Ignore the kid who thinks it stunk because they are completly wrong. Anyway, they described the book so well, it was just like giving it 5 stars.
The other books (The River, Brian's Winter and Brian's Return) are also good, but I think this one is the best. Happy reading!!!
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Summary: My Favorite Book
Review: I honestly love this book. Gary Paulson is true in is words, and brings the book to life. He wrote an amazing storyline and I would recommend this book to high school students. The ending was a little rugged, but overall this was an awsome book and obviously a very popular one at that. I give this book two thumbs up.
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Summary: A Review Of Hatchet: Worst book I have EVER read!!!
Review: I was looking at my review earlier of this book, and I come off rather harsh. So I'm rewriting this review. I still don't like the book and will probably never read it again unless I'm forced to because of English or something. This is about a boy Brian Robeson who is trapped in the Canadian wilderness when the plane he's in crashes. The only thing he has is a hatchet his mom gave him before he got on the plane. His parents are going through a divorce and throughout the first several chapters you learn why. Brian is all alone and he must learn to survive. He learns to hunt and fish and he makes some shelter for himself. Needless to say, he is eventually rescued. That's all I'll tell you about the plot. If this book really iterests you, then go read it. I do suggest you rent it from the library rather than buying it though. As Brian was all alone, there was very little dialogue. One of the things I didn't like was that the author repeated the same word over and over, for emphasis I guess: "falling, falling, falling...." That kind of repetition got old quickly. I also find it a bit unbelievable that a 13 or 14 year old could survive weeks all by himself living off the land. I could believe that if the book took place about 100 years ago, but in this day and age?... If you are looking for a more believable wilderness survival story, I'd recommend The Swiss Family Robinson or Robinson Crusoe, both classics. Sorry that my previous review was rather harsh, but I do not like this book at all. If you really like this book, there are sequels and companions to it, (not that I plan on reading them, but hey! if you liked this one, then be my guest and read them). If you're interested in knowing what the sequels are then here you go: Brian's Hunt, Brian's Return, Brian's Winter, and The River. Also, please do not vote this review unhelpful cause you don't like my views, only if you really think it's unhelpful.
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Summary: A Great Adventure Story For All Ages
Review: This story might be about a young boy stranded in the wilderness, but it could apply to any neophyte in the same circumstances. It shows the perils that exist out there for the unexperienced, and the resourcesfulness and will to live of the human species. It's simply a good adventure story.
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Summary: Hatchet
Review: I like how it talks about the woods and how he survived in spite of the many hardship he faced. This book excels as a survival story, I especially liked the scene when the mad moose attached Brian and when the tornado hit his shelter. I was really curious to know how he handled this situation and the author explains this very well. I did not give this book the highest rating because it is slow moving and I am not really too fond of survival stories.
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Summary: Hatchet a review by Bobby
Review: Hatchet
by: Gary Paulsen In the book Hatchet, Brian Robeson is taking a plane ride to Canada to visit his father. He is going because his mother and father are divorced and his parents live in two different places. On the plane ride it is silent as a sleeping baby until the pilot decides to teach Brain how to fly the plane. The kind of plane they are riding in is a small bushplane with easy controls. The pilot teaches Brian the basic controls like how to turn and how to fly up or down. Then suddenly the pilot starts moaning and groaning that his arm aches and Brian starts to smell something funny. The pilot jokes it must be something he ate. Next, the pilot starts jolting back in his seat and at the next moment, the pilot has a heart attack and dies. Brian now has to pilot the plane. The plane starts leaning, turns to the sharply and goes off course, but Brian doesn't realize it. Then the plane starts running out of gas and starts going down. Brain keeps looking for a lake to land in. Finally, Brain sees a clearing that leads to a lake. He flies the plane down, pulls up to slow down, and the plane crashes into the lake. Brian survives, but the plane sinks to the bottom of the lake. All Brain has left is $20.00, his hatchet, and a smashed watch. He finds berries to satisfy his hunger and the lake that he landed in is fresh water. Brain realizes he has his hatchet to start a fire to keep warm. Another scene in the book was when Brain encounters a black bear and thinks it's going to eat him. Brain stands perfectly still. Next, the bear stands on its hind legs and sniffs Brian. Finally, the bear just leaves him alone and walks away. I was on the edge of my seat until I found out that the bear walked away. How many days will Brain survive out in the wilderness? Will somebody find him? This is a great book. I encourage you to read the rest of the series, which are the books The River, Brian's Winter, and Brian's Return.
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Summary: The best book ever
Review: Hi, the book i am reiviewing is The hatchet by Gary Paulson. this book has 192 pages in it. The genre of this book is realisic fiction. The setting taes place in the Canadian wilderness,so u know right then and there that it has to be a good book! In the book,brain is goingto see his but the plain crashes. Do you hink he survives or not? I think that this book is very exiting. I like the fact that soe people like it and some people don't. I recomend this book to all ages because it's not to hard and not to easy. So i hope yo read the hatchet by Gary Paulson
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Summary: Hatchet a review by T.J.
Review: Have you ever thought things could not get any worse? Well that is how the protagonist, Brian Robeson, feels in the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.
If it weren't bad enough that his parents had gotten a divorce recently, Brian is flying a plane with no pilot. He crash-lands his plane in a lake and it sinks to the bottom with all of his supplies. He is desperate for food and he feels he can't go on any longer. But after a long time thinking, he discovers food, water, fire, and shelter. Then one night a small curious creature enters his shelter and injures Brian very badly. Brian feels his wound and feels quills. Then he knows it is a PORCUPINE!!!
A few days later an outstanding thing happened for Brian.
Brian hears a plane flying over-head while making a bow and arrow. He rushes back to his camp and starts a signal fire for the plane to see. But what happened next devastated Brian, the plane turned away! Brian feels there is no hope after this. All of his dreams are destroyed and he is going to give up.
But you will have to read this book to find out what happens next! The story Hatchet is very interesting and exciting. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys adventurous books.
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Summary: Hatchet
Review: This book has pain, change, adventure, animals, bad weather, and survival if you like theese things you will like Hatchet.
Their is a boy named Brian Robinsion and his parents are getting diviorsed and so he goes on a brush plain to see his father and his mom gives him a hatchet before he leeves and when they are flying over a forestnand small lakes then the pilot is suddenly is having a heart attack! and Brian doesnt know if the pilot is in a coma or dead so Brian Robinsion is going to have to land the plain or die will he survive the plain and live in the woods or will he not!
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