HATCHET

by Gary Paulsen

I’m recommending the book, Hatchet. It’s about a boy named Brian Robeson. He is going to visit his father because his parents are divorced. He is flying in a single engine plane when the pilot has a heart attack and Brian is forced to land the plane. He ends up crashing it in a lake. Brian is left with nothing but his clothes, a quarter, three dimes, a nickel, two pennies, a fingernail clipping, a twenty-dollar bill, a hatchet ( a present from his mother), himself (his most important tool) and a secret – one that no one could forget. While struggling to survive Brian realizes that he’ll be changed forever.

I liked the book because it’s not your typical, “I’m-lost-in-the-woods-I need-food” kind of story where everything is so unrealistic. Although Hatchet is fiction and does seem unreal at points, it has more depth than most. I also liked this book because Brian expresses so many emotions throughout the book. It is a terrific book and I recommend it to anyone who likes a good fiction book.

Rebecca L