Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Happy New Year! This is a little late, and I haven't been posting in forever, and I'm sorry. But this will NOT be one of those blogs that is just an endless row of sorry posts! NO! I will be sorry, and then I will POST something! So here it is.
Brian is a thirteen year old who is flying in a bush plane (for those who don't know what a bush plane is, I can tell you that it is not a plane made of leaves. That's about it. Sorry) to see his father up in Canada. He has an uneventful flight, but when he arrives at his father's house, tragedy strikes. There is no pudding. No, it is nothing anywhere near as dramatic as that. Actually, most of the story happens on that plane flight. He is just cruising along, looking out the window, and the pilot's having a heart attack, you know, nothing much. So the pilot dies, and he crash lands in a lake.
From that point on, Brian must find food and shelter, before the cold of winter sets in. Also, before the moose comes home. He faces a number of challenges throughout the book, including one moose on his way home. It is a very good book, really makes you realize how lucky we are to be able to go down to the grocery store, grab a sandwich, and not be harassed by meese on the way there. Anyways, I recommend this book to you all, and all that stuff.
Oh, and apparently there are sequels! I will have to read those. If you want to read them, the second one is either The River or The Return or Brian's Winter or Hatchet: Winter. Tell me which you read first, and I might not be as confused about it.
Happy New Year! This is a little late, and I haven't been posting in forever, and I'm sorry. But this will NOT be one of those blogs that is just an endless row of sorry posts! NO! I will be sorry, and then I will POST something! So here it is.
Brian is a thirteen year old who is flying in a bush plane (for those who don't know what a bush plane is, I can tell you that it is not a plane made of leaves. That's about it. Sorry) to see his father up in Canada. He has an uneventful flight, but when he arrives at his father's house, tragedy strikes. There is no pudding. No, it is nothing anywhere near as dramatic as that. Actually, most of the story happens on that plane flight. He is just cruising along, looking out the window, and the pilot's having a heart attack, you know, nothing much. So the pilot dies, and he crash lands in a lake.
From that point on, Brian must find food and shelter, before the cold of winter sets in. Also, before the moose comes home. He faces a number of challenges throughout the book, including one moose on his way home. It is a very good book, really makes you realize how lucky we are to be able to go down to the grocery store, grab a sandwich, and not be harassed by meese on the way there. Anyways, I recommend this book to you all, and all that stuff.
Oh, and apparently there are sequels! I will have to read those. If you want to read them, the second one is either The River or The Return or Brian's Winter or Hatchet: Winter. Tell me which you read first, and I might not be as confused about it.
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