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El Hacha (Cuatro Vientos (Prebound)) (Spanish Edition)

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Hatchet is a riveting book. It combines drama, comedy, and suspence all in one action pacted book. It's about a boy who ends up alone in a Canadian forest after a plane crash, and all the adventures he has. He has to learn a lot about surviving in the wilderness, including how to find food, shelter, and how to live with wild animals. He learns a lot about himself and how much heart it takes to be without everything you would normally live with. I enjoyed this book very much. Sometimes i found myself falling asleep with the book over my face because I did not want to go to sleep so i wouldn't miss an exciting event that was just around the corner. I'm going to keep reading Gary Paulsen. He is an excelent writer.

Brian has seen his mother kissing another man. Shortly there after his parents divorce. While flying to an oil field in the Canadian wilds to visit his father Brian's pilot has a heart attack and dies. Brian manages to crash land the plane though he injures himself swims safely to shore . All he has is a small hatchet which was the last thing his mother give him before he got on the plane. His 54 days alone are well chronicled. His story, told in the 1st person is calmly intense. The whole story is tautly written . I felt I was able to feel Brian's emotion and was witness to his terrible spiritual death and eventual rebirth. The suspense , thrills and danger of wilderness survival are exploited to the fullest in this excellent book..

Though I read this book quite a while ago, I still remember how interesting and riviting it was. The story is intense, and draws the reader into the thoughts and emotions of Brian- the main (and practically ONLY) character that is shown. Definately a must-have!

This is a book my kids read and loved! I am creating a library in the slum of David Panama and it was one of my first pics and the kids down there loved it as well.

The hatchet is about a boy named Brian. Brian is going through an emotional trauma. His parents just broke up, and now his dad lives in northern Canada. He is going to visit him when the pilot of the two-seater plane he is traveling in has a heart attack. Brian flies the plane for a while until it runs out of fuel. He lands it on a lake. He climbs out and swims to shore. He lies there for a few days, but decides to build a shelter when he gets fed up with the mosquitoes. Lots of animals get in including a skunk, a porcupine, and a bear. He makes it stronger, only to have it ripped down by a tornado. He makes up his mind to get a supply box from the plane. He builds a raft, swims out there and then almost passes out underwater when he sees that the pilot's skin and eyes have been food for the fish. He brings the box back to shore and gets rescued after leaving the emergency transmitter on. It's a really good book and you should read it.

We received this book fast. It was in great shape. We are using it for our English as a Second Language students at our elementary school.

The Spanish Language version of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, is a great adventure/survival story for middle school readers. Alone in the wilderness with only a hatchet to aid him, the young protagonist faces exterior forces and his own inner fears.

Hatchet - an realistic survival story that is eminently well written. Gary Paulsen has comboned his own knowledge of survival and woodcraft with the easily beliavable character of Brian Robeson; the result is an award-winning novel that will not be put down until it is finished.

13 year old Brian Robenson went to visit his father in canada when on his plane ride the pilot died and brian crashed in a lake somewhere and has to survive on his own. It was really good and i would recommend it to anyone who like adventure.