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Celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Newbery Honor–winning survival novel Hatchet with a pocket-sized edition exquisite for travelers to take with you independently adventures. This special anniversary edition includes a new introduction and commentary by author Gary Paulsen, pen-and-ink illustrations by Drew Willis, and a water resistant cover.
Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted by his secret knowledge of his mother’s infidelity, is traveling by single-engine plane to go to his father for the very first time because the divorce. Once the plane crashes, killing the pilot, the sole survivor is Brian. He is alone in the Canadian wilderness with only his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present.
At first consumed by despair and self-pity, Brian slowly learns survival skills—steps to make a shelter for himself, how to hunt and fish and forage for food, steps to make a fire—and even finds the courage to begin over from scratch whenever a tornado ravages his campsite. When Brian is finally rescued after fifty-four days in the wild, he emerges from his ordeal with new patience and maturity, and a greater knowledge of himself and his parents.
