Book Report On Hatchet

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The book 'Hatchet' which I am writing a book report is written by Gary Paulsen who is three-time newbery honor author. The book 'Hatchet' is about thirteen-year-old boy Brian who found himself alone in Canadian wilderness with tattered windbreaker and a hatchet. Brian is thirteen-year-old boy and his parents divorced. He was on his way to meet his father for first time after their divorce. The way going to visit his father, pilot dead because of heart attack. Brian was alone in darkness. Actually, with wilderness. He met strange animals and strange foods. One day, he finds turtle egg and meet skunk. He also meets hedgehog and get attack too. He learns how to survive in wild and his thinking changes totally. However, he feels futility after

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