Next Section Hatchet Summary Buy Study Guide How To Cite in MLA Format Gundersen, Kathryn. Hatchet has received numerous awards, notably the 1987 Newbery Honor medal.

Brian's Winter, on the other hand, envisions an alternate ending to Hatchet, and the final two books, Brian's Return and Brian's Hunt, follow this alternate storyline as well. The River was the next book written, and it follows chronologically from the events of Hatchet. It is followed by four other books in Brian's Saga, which all serve different purposes. Hatchet is often taught in school curriculums. He has had many of the experiences that Brian has in the novel: he spent time living in the woods in order to get away from his family and their destructive tendencies. Paulsen considers Hatchet one of his favorite books he has written. Other novels in the series include The River (1991), Brian's Winter (1996), Brian's Return (1999) and Brian's Hunt (2003). 2 It is the first novel of five in the Hatchet series. The novel caries important themes of respecting and understanding the natural world and the way it functions, and over the course of his two months there Brian truly becomes a part of the natural world around him. Hatchet is a 1986 Newbery Honor-winning young-adult wilderness survival novel written by American writer Gary Paulsen. The majority of the novel takes place in a remote Canadian forest, where Brian makes a camp beside a lake and spends nearly two months trying to survive until he is rescued. Paulsen's novels often center on nature, and Hatchet is no exception. Hatchet is a story of survival, resourcefulness, and resilience, and remains a popular novel for young adults nearly 30 years after its publication. It is the first of five in the Hatchet series, detailing the events in Brian Robeson's life after he ends up stranded in a forest after the pilot of a bush plane he was flying in has a heart attack and dies mid-flight. Hatchet, published by Bradbury Press in 1987, is Gary Paulsen's best-known novel.

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