Lauren G. (trackersmom) reviewed on + 5 more book reviews
Well-paced, suspenseful, descriptive, exciting.
Those of us with sons know that there isn't a lot of literature out there geared for boys. I've read several of Paulsen's books with my son, and would recommend many of them.
Hatchet is not merely an adventure book. Brian is an adolescent boy dealing with his parents' recent divorce when he is stranded alone in the Canadian wilderness, to survive on his wits and the hatchet his mother thought an appropriate gift. Although the emphasis is on how he survives, there are moments of reflection that ultimately bring him a sense of acceptance of his parents' frailities and failures.
I'm a 40+ adult woman who enjoyed this book herself, and not just because my preadolescent son liked it.
Those of us with sons know that there isn't a lot of literature out there geared for boys. I've read several of Paulsen's books with my son, and would recommend many of them.
Hatchet is not merely an adventure book. Brian is an adolescent boy dealing with his parents' recent divorce when he is stranded alone in the Canadian wilderness, to survive on his wits and the hatchet his mother thought an appropriate gift. Although the emphasis is on how he survives, there are moments of reflection that ultimately bring him a sense of acceptance of his parents' frailities and failures.
I'm a 40+ adult woman who enjoyed this book herself, and not just because my preadolescent son liked it.
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