Hatchet

Resource Information

The work Hatchet represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Hatchet

Statement of responsibility

Gary Paulsen

Title variation

Cry in the wild

Creator

• truePaulsen, Gary, 1939-2021
• Paulsen, Gary

Subject

• Airplane crash survival -- Juvenile fiction
• trueCanada
• trueChildren of divorced parents
• trueSurvival
• Divorce -- Juvenile fiction
• trueWilderness survival -- Canada
• trueThirteen-year-old boys
• Survival -- Juvenile fiction
• trueSurvival (after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.) -- Canada
• trueAirplane accidents -- Canada

Genre

• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

Summary

After a plane crash, thirteen year old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce

Member of

• trueBrian's saga

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven
• trueAction-packed

Pace

• trueFast-paced

Tone

• trueAtmospheric
• trueHaunting

Writing style

• trueDescriptive
• trueCompelling

Character

• trueCourageous

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 1988
• Buckeye Children's Book Award (Ohio), Grades 6-8, 1991.
• Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (North Dakota) for Juvenile Fiction, 1990.
• Georgia Children's Book Award, 1991.
• Indian Paintbrush Book Award (Wyoming), 1990.
• Iowa Teen Award, 1990.
• Massachusetts Children's Book Award, 1995.
• Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award (Minnesota), 1991.
• Minnesota Book Award for Young Adult Books, 1988.
• Sequoyah Book Awards (Oklahoma), Young Adult Books, 1990.
• Soaring Eagle Book Award (Wyoming), 1997.
• Surrey Book of the Year Award (British Columbia), 1990.
• Virginia Readers' Choice Award for Middle School, 1990.
• William Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas), 1990.
• Young Hoosier Book Award, Middle Books, 1991.

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• Grades 7-9
• 1020L

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

MG

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 12

Reading level

5.7

Series statement

Brian's saga

Series volume

0001

Study program name

Accelerated Reader

Target audience

juvenile