by Gary Paulsen. Unabridged. Read by Peter Coyote.

 

"Newberry Award-winner Gary Paulsen's best-know book comes to audio in this breathless heart-gripping drama about a boy pitted agains the wilderness - with ony a hatchet and a will to live." "On his way to vist his recently divorced father in the Canadian mountains, thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is the only survivor when the single-engine plane crashes. His body battered, his clothes in shreds, Brian must now stay alive in the boundless Candian wilderness." "More than a survivial story, Hatchet is a tale of tough decisions. When all is stripped down to the bares essentials, Brian discovers some stark and simple truths: Self-pity doesn't work. Dispair doesn't work. And if Brian is to survive physically as well as mentally, he must discover courage."

 

"Plausible, taut, this survival story is a spellbinding account." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

 

"A heart-stopping story ... something beyond adventure, a book that plunges readers into the cleft of the protagonists' experience" - - Publisher's Weekly

 

BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Issues | General - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Marriage & Divorce

 

Target Age Group: 13 to 17

 

Physical Info: 0.62" H x 5.91" L x 5.03" W (0.27 lbs)