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Summary: Hatchet
Review: I liked this book because it is very interesting. When I first started to read I loved it. I could not take my eyes off of it. It was just so good. This story is mainly about an airplane that crashes and only one little boy survives. He has to try to figure out how he is going to eat and protect himself. My favorite part was when he had to protect himself from the animals. You would be surprised to find out what kind of animals I'm talking about. I loved the ending. It was exciting and very good. You will just have to read to find out. You will be surprised.
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Summary: one chapter is not enough
Review: At first I did not like this book because I thought it would be all about guy things. The story is about a boy named Brian Robeson who flies to Canada to see his dad. The plane crashed so now Brian has to survive in the wilderness for 52 days. Brian runs into alot of surprises that whole time he is living there. My favorite part was when he gets rescued and they have a nice meal by the rescue fire. I liked the ending very much because it was my favorite part.
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Summary: Brillant
Review: My first thought about this book was that it was going to be the most boring book in the world. This story was about a kid who is going to see his dad. Then when he is on the plane the pilot has a heart attack and dies and the plane starts to plunge towards a lake. Then he is stuck in the wilderness alone. After 52 days he is found. My favorite part was when he ate the berries and got sick. I like the ending because he found a place in the woods and a Native American lived there and they helped police get to him.
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Summary: Couldn't put it down
Review: I thought that the book was very good. But at first I thought that it was going to be boring. The story is about a boy flying in a plane to see his father but the plane crashes and he gets stuck in the woods without food or anything like that. My favorite part of the book is when he first crashes because it is sad but also interesting to me. I did like the ending because he gets rescued and that was exciting.
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Summary: A book filled with adventure!
Review: At first I thought the book was boring until the plane crashed. After that it kept getting more and more interesting. The story is about a 15 year old boy named Brian who was leaving to go to his father's when his plane crashes in the wilderness and he has to survive for 52 days. My favorite part of the story is when Brian was real suprised at what happened and he found all the survival gear and didn't even get to use it.
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Summary: All Alone
Review: This is a story about a boy named Brian. He is all upset because of his parents divorce and is going on a trip to Canada to visit his father. On the way to the airport his mother gives him a hatchet. he thinks this is babyish and is embarrised, but for his mother's sake puts it on his belt anyway. He gets on the plane and is about halfway to Canada, when the pilot starts having twitches and jerks. Brian is alone with the pilot is a two-person plane. Suddenly the pilot jumps up and is thrown back into his seat and the plane jerks to the side. This happens to the pilot a few more times then he is still. Brian knows he has had a heart atack bacause he had previously seen someone at a mall do the very same thing. Brian is shocked. He knows he must fly the plane. He tries to use the radio transmitter but it will not work. He brings the plane down into a lake and, amazingly, gets out alive. He is stuck in the middle of Canadian wilderness. The next day he finds some berries but they upset him guts horribly and he is sick all night. It goes on like this and it's col all the ways brian can survive. He finds fish, rasberries, foolbirds, turtle eggs, and many more food sources. many times when everything is perfect, or about as perfect as it's going to get out there, everything changes and he is sick or without food. He "meets" many animals there too. When he is picking rasberies he ses a bear but it doesn't bother him, or he it. He realizes that the animals aren't there to hurt him but just to live. He also has a not-so-good encounter with a porcipine and a moose. Then he learns to make fire to keep him warm and animals away. Hoe he is rescued is a tornado comes and flippes the plane in the water around so Brian swims to it and, digging a hole with his hatchet, gets in it for the survival pack. Once he gets back to his home and opens the pack there is food, pots and pans, rifle, matches, a radio transmiter, and many things more welcome to Brian than gold and silver treasure. He tries the radio transmitter and tries to talk into it but nothing happens. He throws it aside deciding it broke in either the crash or tornado, so starts cooking some food. He hears a buzz overhead and a search plane comes down to rescue him! It turns out the radio transmitter contacted a plane not to talk into. Brian is saved!
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Summary: Hatchet Review
Review: When I was in 6th grade I read the book Hatchet. This particular book was different and unique than any other book I have ever read. I can still remember the book clearly. The setting of the story took place in northern Canada. Brian, the main character, was flying to visit his dad in Alaska. The pilot had a severe heart attack and dies while flying. the crashed in a lake below and luckily Brian survived. He somehow got out of the plane and swam to shore on an island. The island was heavily forested and had plenty of wildlife. It was autumn at the time but winter was coming soon. I really enjoyed the way Gary Paulson, the author, described the island. he used many adjectives and made it sound beautiful. The main character, Brian, was a shy, fourteen year old boy. He had black hair and was about 5'8". During the story he was stressed and a little bit depressed because of his parents recent divorce. But during the whole book he was determined to get off the island, yet at some points he really wanted to give up and just die. Actually at one point he tried to kill himself by slitting his wrist. I still admired how he handled the problem and obstacles that came to him. The conflict of this book was that Brian was stuck on the island with the cold, harsh, Canadian winter approaching. At one point in the book he screamed out in agony, "I'm hungry! I'm hungry! I'm hungry!" As he is being tortured with no food, shelter, communication, nor protection. He was in a very scary situation and when you read the book to the end you will be surprised at what happens. The book Hatchet is one of the best books I have ever read. It has suspense, a lot of action, and also good lessons to be learned.
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Summary: An Award Winner
Review: Hatchet is a great book by Gary Paulson. It has won the Newbery Award. It starts by Brian is going to his dads house and his plane crashes and in the water with nothing but a hatchet. It teaches people about being a survivor.
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Summary: Gripping Book from the Start
Review: "Hatchet," by Gary Paulsen is a great book! I was hooked from the very beginning and I don't usually like adventure/survival type books. What I liked most about the book is that it is about a boy that was my same age (when I read the book), the forest area reminded me a lot of Island Park, Idaho and so it made it easier to relate to. "Hatchet" reminds me of "Island of the Blue Dolphins," by Scott O'Dell because both of the characters had to learn how to survive by themselves. Any reader above fifth grade will totally love the book...hey, I did!
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Summary: Hatchet
Review: Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen is an adventurous story about a teenager, Brian Robeson, and how he survives over two monthes in the woods. Brian's pilot dies in the plane, so Brian tries to fly the plane and finds a safe place to land. Brian has to try to survive in the woods with many setbacks. For example, Brian is a city boy. He relies on his parents, a store where he can easily get food, and his house. During this experience, he learns from trial and error, common sense, and a little bit of what he learned from watching television. Brian has encountered many wild animals including a moose, a wolf, a bear, and a skunk. Brian goes through so much and so many set backs, it's hard to believe he lived for more then two months in the woods by himself with only his brain and his hatchet. He matures greatly and quickly when he pays more attention to what happens around him. After one month, the police and his parents quit looking for Brian assuming that he is dead. Will Brian survive through the harsh winter, or will he be saved? I would recommend Hatchet because it let's you see what it is like to live in the wild with nature and wild animals. In this adventurous story, you see how Brian is able to survive in realistic events, as well as see how he matures throughout the book.
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