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Summary Of Hatchet By Gary Paulsen

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The novel Hatchet By Gary Paulsen is 195 pages of pure excitement and on edge thinking. The first chapter starts with Brian gazing out the window of a Cessna 406, a little plane conveying him north from New York to the tundra of Canada to live with his dad for the mid year. He is thirteen years of age and the main traveler on this plane, steered by a more seasoned man named either Jim or Jake, a name Brian can't recollect. He has never flown in such a little plane, however that doesn't concern him as he ponders the events that had caused him taking this flight. His folks have recently separated, and all the strong things throughout his life have broken. Brian Robeson is as yet reeling from his folks' sudden separation when his mom drives

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