They had taken off and that was the last of the conversation. In fact since Brian had come to the small airport in Hampton, New York to meet the plane-driven by his mother-the pilot had only spoken five words to him. He was thirteen and the only passenger on the plane was a pilot named-what was it? Jim or Jake or something-who was in his mid-forties and who had been silent as he worked to prepare for take-off. It was a small plane, a Cessna 406-a bushplane-and the engine was so loud, so roaring and consuming and loud, that it ruined any chance for conversation. When Brian is finally rescued after fifty-four days in the wild, he emerges from his ordeal with new patience and maturity, and a greater understanding of himself and his parents.īrian Robeson stared out the window of the small plane at the endless green northern wilderness below.
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He is alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present.Īt first consumed by despair and self-pity, Brian slowly learns survival skills-how to make a shelter for himself, how to hunt and fish and forage for food, how to make a fire-and even finds the courage to start over from scratch when a tornado ravages his campsite. When the plane crashes, killing the pilot, the sole survivor is Brian. Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted by his secret knowledge of his mother’s infidelity, is traveling by single-engine plane to visit his father for the first time since the divorce. Hatchet has also been nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. This special anniversary edition includes a new introduction and commentary by author Gary Paulsen, pen-and-ink illustrations by Drew Willis, and a water resistant cover. Celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Newbery Honor–winning survival novel Hatchet with a pocket-sized edition perfect for travelers to take along on their own adventures.
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