Brian Robeson is thirteen, alone in the Canadian wilderness, and the only tool between him and starvation is a hatchet from his mom. Gary Paulsen’s Newbery Honor classic earns every page of what comes next—the failed fires, the wrong berries, the slow accumulation of skills that nobody teaches you until your life depends on them. It’s a survival story, but more than that it’s a portrait of a kid who gets very, very good at starting over.

“Gary Paulsen does not romanticize the difficulties Brian faces. Readers witness his gut-wrenching sickness from eating too many berries and his shock when he realizes he has never before heard total silence. His failures and triumphs are also presented as equal parts of one life-altering experience. In the two months he spends in the wild, Brian undergoes countless emotional and physical changes. But Paulsen keeps the reader at Brian’s side as he discovers how strong he has always been.”  – Common Sense Media

Heads up: Hatchet contains depictions of injuries and an attempted suicide.

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