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Hatchet

Hatchet (1986)

192 pages 4.2/5 Goodreads

Brian Robison, a teenage boy struggling through his parents divorce, is flying up north to stay with his dad for the summer. However, his plane crashes and he is forced to survive the Canadian wilderness. Now living in a world completely opposite of his own, he is now able to discover himself in this forsaken and misunderstood beautiful world. The story is continued in "The River" "Brian's Winter" "Brian's Return" and "The Hunt"

Author: Gary Paulsen

ISBN: 9780330439725

Content Warnings

Mental Health & Emotional

Death of a parent (referenced)

Other

Infidelity (referenced)Plane crashes

Violence & Physical Harm

Animal cruelty / animal death
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