02995cam a2200373 i 4500 91536434 TxAuBib 20110101120000.0 870302s1987||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780027701302 $13.95 0027701301 $13.95 (OCoLC)732818551 TxAuBib rda Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet [Print] / Gary Paulsen. Hardback edition. New York : Bradbury Press, 1987. 195 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Brian's Saga ; 1 Brian is on his way to Canada to visit his estranged father when the pilot of his small prop plane suffers a heart attack. Brian is forced to crash-land the plane in a lake--and finds himself stranded in the remote Canadian wilderness with only his clothing and the hatchet his mother gave him as a present before his departure. Brian had been distraught over his parents' impending divorce and the secret he carries about his mother, but now he is truly desolate and alone. Exhausted, terrified, and hungry, Brian struggles to find food and make a shelter for himself. He has no special knowledge of the woods, and he must find a new kind of awareness and patience as he meets each day's challenges. Is the water safe to drink? Are the berries he finds poisonous? Slowly, Brian learns to turn adversity to his advantage--an invading porcupine unexpectedly shows him how to make fire, a devastating tornado shows him how to retrieve supplies from the submerged airplane. Most of all, Brian leaves behind the self-pity he has felt about his predicament as he summons the courage to stay alive. A story of survival and of transformation, this riveting book has sparked many a reader's interest in venturing into the wild. 08 to 12. 20110101. Newbery Medal Nominee (1988), Young Hoosier Book Award for 6-8 (1991), Buckeye Children's Book Award for 6-8 (1991), Massachusetts Children's Book Award (1995), Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (1990), Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (1989), Golden Archer Award (1989), Soaring Eagle Book Award (1997), Iowa Teen Award (1990), California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Middle School/Junior High (1990), Minnesota Book Award (1988), William Allen White Children's Book Award (1990), Bluestem Book Award Nominee (2016), Virginia Reader's Choice for Middle (1989), Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award for YA (1990), Margaret A. Edwards Award (1997), Maud Hart Lovelace Award (1991.) JUVENILE FICTION / Classics. Survival Juvenile fiction. Divorce Juvenile fiction. JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure. Canada Juvenile fiction. Brian's Saga ; 1. TXTLL