Hatchet By Gary Paulsen

The book Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, is about a boy named Brian who lives in New York. One day he is sent to visit his dad in the summer on a one passenger plane. On his way there, he suddenly realizes that the pilot is having a heart-attack. So Brian does what he thinks he should do and crash lands the plane in the middle of a lake. So from then on into the book, Brian is stranded in the middle of nowhere with nothing but a hatchet he had gotten from his mother a few years back. He then has to survive what seems to him ike years but turns out being only a couple of months. Eventually Brian is rescued and goes to visit his dad.
When I read this book, It had me on the edge of my seat during the entire thing. The description of everything is just