I still can't say that I love this cover of Hatchet, but, avoiding the book because of the cover was a bit silly of me. So did I enjoy reading Hatchet? Yes, for the most part. Hatchet is a survivor story starring Brian Robeson. (It is a Newbery Honor book). Brian is on the way to visit his Dad after the dramatic divorce. (Brian knows something his father doesn't. This SECRET haunts him throughout the book. He's definitely not over the divorce.) But the single engine plane taking him to visit his Dad never arrives. The pilot has a heart attack, and Brian must land/crash the plane himself. He survives the crash, but will he know how to survive in the wild until he is rescued? Fortunately, his mom gave him a hatchet before the trip. And it's a hatchet he wore on the plane, on his belt, I believe? So it's the one thing he has with him that may enable him to survive until help comes...
Brian has adventures and misadventures. He manages to survive, but, never to the point where it becomes fun and amazing. These aren't adventures he'd ever choose to have.
I definitely am glad I read this one. Have you read it? What did you think?
© 2015 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
2 comments:
Oh! I remember reading this in elementary and thinking, "If my plane ever crashes, I am so prepared now." I loved this book, but somehow forgot about it! Thanks for the reminder of such a good book.
This was one of my favorites in Junior High! I went through a phase where I was very into survival books and this book is what really started that phase! Tried reading the rest of the books in the series but they weren't as good a the first one.
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