
[CLEARANCE|PEEL] Hatchet (Brian's Saga #1) by Gary Paulsen
Format: Paperback
Condition: Used; good with peel on the cover
Genre: Adventure
Literary Awards: Newbery Medal Nominee (1988), Young Hoosier Book Award for 6-8 (1991), Buckeye Children's Book Award for 6-8 (1991), Massachusetts Children's Book Award (1995), Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (1990) ...more
Brian Robertson, sole passenger on a Cessna 406, is on his way to visit his father when the tiny bush plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness. With nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present, Brian finds himself completely alone.
Challenged by his fear and despair -- and plagued with the weight of a dreadful secret he's been keeping since his parent's divorce -- brian must tame his inner demons in order to survive. It will take all his know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed