Hatchet Author: Gary Paulsen Gary Paulsen is an American writer‚ who writes many young adult coming of age stories about the wilderness. He is the author of more than 200 books (many of which are out of print)‚ 200 magazine articles and short stories‚ and several plays‚ all primarily for young adults and teens. He was born on May 17 in Minneapolis‚ Minnesota in 1939. He has also written sequels to Hatchet‚ these books form Brian’s Saga which consists of: Hatchet (1987) The River (Hatchet: The
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The Crossing by Gary Paulsen is a book about a young boy trying to cross the Mexico border into America. The question that is asked now is why is this an important novel for American students to read? This is an extremely important book for American students to read for many reasons such as‚ it gives us a way to experience the way some people are who are not as fortunate as us live. Many kids around the world are exposed to such graphic and horrific things everyday and don’t realise what they go
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Narrative Book Report: Mudshark by Gary Paulsen Ryan Buffington Need a detective? Mudshark is given a mission by his principal to discover who or what is taking things from the classrooms at school. Strange things are happening at Mudshark’s elementary school. Erasers are disappearing‚ a gerbil is on the loose somewhere in the school‚ and there is a problem in the faculty restroom. When I first decided to read the book‚ I thought it would be interesting. The cover and title of the book
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The Transall Saga Mark Harrison is a thirteen year old boy who is obsessed with hiking and backpacking. In the book The Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen‚ Mark has finally convinced his parents to let him backpack by himself across an abandoned missile range and he couldn’t be more excited‚ until a strange blue light teleports him far into the future where the world has devolved into the days of swords and arrows. After‚ being in the new environment for a while mark begins to worry about
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literature allows individuals to live through events which they have not encountered in their lives. I agree with this quote because I believe it is true. This quote is shown to be true through the books‚ Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens and Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. In both pieces of literature‚ characters had an experience which we haven’t had or been through. Books help us understand the situations that we haven’t faced yet. In Oliver Twist‚ Oliver’s experience was bad. He was stuck in a situation. The
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Steven Newberry 12/18/2012 Period 6 Title: Brian’s Hunt Author: Gary Paulsen Protagonist: The protagonist in this story is Brian himself. He is about 16 years old. he is a very strong and spirited person. He has many obstacles come his way but his bravery helps him overcome the obstacles. Once he was rescued he decides he wants to pack his bags and go back out the canadian forest and live for a month or so. Antagonist: Later in the story the bear becomes the antagonist. The bear has killed
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Hatchet is a book written by Gary Paulsen and is a fictional novel about a boy lost in the Canadian woods. This story is about a boy in the Canadian woods that is dealing with the struggles of divorce where he will experience what it is like to be alone. He will come to find that there are some problems to face along the way. Brian will come to find out that the Canadian woods is a very dangerous place for a lost boy. Brian knows that finding the right foods and protection could be very crucial
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“Canyons” by Gary Paulsen is a great book that can be enjoyed by all middle school readers. The story canyons is mostly based in canyons‚ caves‚ and a camping ground. Itis also based in highschool sometimes throughout the story. Brennan and he is fifteen years old and he’s a sophomore. Brennan also likes to run a lot to escape his thoughts. Brennan is a fifteen year old boy. He is now a sophomore. In the story Brennan goes on a camping trip and he decides to go into a nearby canyon. In the canyon
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Novel: Hatchet Author: Gary Paulsen Lexile Level: 1020 Many have encouraged me to read Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet‚ finally I decided to give it a try. I’m not a huge fan of reading‚ however I was told that I would thoroughly enjoy every page of what was described as an "edge of my seat" read. I love a good book that puts you on edge and makes one feel like he or she absolutely must know the events on the next page. Therefore‚ how could I turn down a persuasion like that? I had to get a hold of this
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Book Report Date: Oct 2011 Name of the book: HATCHET Author : : Gary Paulsen Publishers : Simon Pulse Summary This book is talking about an adventure of a boy called Brian Robeson. He is thirteen-year-old. He is on his way to visit his father‚ a mechanical engineer in the oil fields of Canada. He fly to Canada with a single engine Cessna 406 bush plane. On their way to the airport‚ his mother gives him a hatchet. At first‚ he doesn’t want to wear it‚ but his mother is
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