
Hatchet
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On his way to visit 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 Canadian wilderness.
More than a survival story, Hatchet is a tale of tough decisions. When all is stripped down to the barest essentials, Brian discovers some stark and simple truths. Self-pity doesn't work. Despair doesn't work. And if Brian is to survive physically as well as mentally, he must discover courage.
- Listening Length3 hours and 42 minutes
- Audible release dateOctober 31, 2003
- LanguageEnglish
- ASINB0000X8R9S
- VersionUnabridged
- Program TypeAudiobook
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Listening Length | 3 hours and 42 minutes |
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Author | Gary Paulsen |
Narrator | Peter Coyote |
Whispersync for Voice | Ready |
Audible.com Release Date | October 31, 2003 |
Publisher | Listening Library |
Program Type | Audiobook |
Version | Unabridged |
Language | English |
ASIN | B0000X8R9S |
Best Sellers Rank | #830 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #7 in Action & Adventure for Children #8 in Family Life Fiction for Children #10 in Growing Up & Facts of Life for Children |
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Hatchet is the story of thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson. Brian sets off as a passenger in a single-engine bush plane to visit his father in northern Canada. On the way, the pilot dies in a heart attack. Brian, whom the pilot had been showing how to fly the plane before his heart attack, manages to crash the plane in a lake in the forest. He survives the crash, but then has the problem of surviving until he is rescued. He DOES survive (not a spoiler, since the publisher's blurb tells us that this is a "story of survival").
You would naturally imagine this to be an action-packed story, but it really is not. There are a few exciting moments, most conspicuously the crash and the tornado (also mentioned in the blurb). It is mostly about Brian figuring out how to survive -- how to feed himself and remain safe from danger. And survival, it turns out, depends on wisdom. Brian learns to see the wild world he inhabits and to know its meanings. I am tempted to say that Brian becomes wise, but I think that's unfair to him. Brian was wise, but his wisdom needed to be brought to the fore.
In an epilog, Gary Paulsen tells us that Brian is forever changed by this experience.
"When the pilot rescued Brian he had been alone on the L-shaped lake for fifty-four days. During that time he had lost seventeen percent of his body weight. He later gained back six percent, but had virtually no body fat—his body had consumed all extra weight and he would remain lean and wiry for several years.
"Many of the changes would prove to be permanent. Brian had gained immensely in his ability to observe what was happening and react to it; that would last him all his life. He had become more thoughtful as well, and from that time on he would think slowly about something before speaking."
When I read that, I felt oddly envious. I caught myself wishing that something like this could happen to me. Of course, I don't really. I don't want to be trapped in the forests of northern Ontario for 8 weeks all on my own. I'm happy here with my books and movies and grocery stores and microwave oven. But, let us just say, Hatchet shows me something of what those cost me.
Hatchet is brief -- about a two-hour read. And yes, there is indeed a hatchet involved. The story has a real feeling of authenticity.
It was a great and fast read. I had lingering questions that eventually were answered. It went along so quickly, but ended almost abruptly.
Enjoyed it quite a bit!
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