- Survival in fiction, Winter, Juvenile fiction, Survival skills
In Hatchet, 13-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed only with his hatchet. Finally, as millions of readers know, he was rescued at the end of the summer. But what if Brian hadn't been rescued? What if he had been left to face his deadliest enemy--winter?Gary Paulsen raises the stakes for survival in this riveting and inspiring story as one boy confronts the ultimate test and the ultimate adventure.From the Paperback edition.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and contemporary.
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- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Gary Paulsen
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 133
- Publisher
- Tandem Library, Listening Library, Delacorte Press
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- English, German, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9787547216187
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“Fall came on with a softness, so that Brian didn't realize what was in store-a hard-spined north woods winter-until it was nearly too late.”
Gary James Paulsen (May 17, 1939 – October 13, 2021) was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for coming of age stories about the wilderness. He was the author of more than 200 books and wrote more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens.[ **Source**: [Gary Paulsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Paulsen) on Wikipedia
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