num_pages: 222
description: After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
language: English
title: Hatchet
titlecomplete: Hatchet
characters: Brian Robeson
genres: Fiction, Adventure, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Read For School, Classics, Survival, Childrens, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 378289
places: Canada
series: Brian's Saga
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Young Hoosier Book Award
category: 6-8, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Buckeye Children's Book Award
category: 6-8, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Golden Archer Award, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Soaring Eagle Book Award, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Iowa Teen Award, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Middle School/Junior High, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Minnesota Book Award, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1451635200000
name: Bluestem Book Award, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Virginia Reader's Choice
category: Middle, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award
category: YA, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Cornerstone Books