Hatchet /
Gary Paulsen.
- New York : Bradbury Press, c1987.
- 142 p. ; 21 cm.
Cover title: Hatchet. Sequel: The river. Newbery Honor Book 1988
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.