Celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Newbery Honorwinning survival novel Hatchet with a pocketsized edition perfect for travelers to take along on their own adventures. This special anniversary edition includes a new introduction and commentary by author Gary Paulsen penandink illustrations by Drew Willis and a water resistant cover. Hatchet has also been nominated as one of Americas bestloved novels by PBSs The Great American Read. Thirteenyearold Brian Robeson haunted by his secret knowledge of his mothers infidelity is traveling by singleengine plane to visit his father for the first time since the divorce. When the plane crashes killing the pilot the sole survivor is Brian. He is alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing a tattered windbreaker and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present. At first consumed by despair and selfpity Brian slowly learns survival skillshow to make a shelter for himself how to hunt and fish and forage for food how to make a fireand even finds the courage to start over from scratch when a tornado ravages his campsite. When Brian is finally rescued after fiftyfour days in the wild he emerges from his ordeal with new patience and maturity and a greater understanding of himself and his parents. show more