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Introduction/General Information about the Book
Title: Hatchet
Author:Gary Paulsen
Type of Book (fantasy, humor, science fiction, mystery, biography, non-fiction):Fiction

Main Character
Main Character: Brian Robeson
Describe this character: He is a thirteen year old boy and an only child with divorced parents.
The main character changes from taking everything for granted to not taking everything for granted by the end of the story.
The main character does the right thing when: Brian doesn’t tell his dad about his mothers secret
I can identify with the character when: getting hurt all the time
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Other Characters
Another Character: the plane driver
Details: he died by having a harditack while driving the plane so the book really didn’t say anything bout him
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Setting
Describe the time and place of the story: brian is on a beach after the plane crash and is there for months
Comments about the setting (examples: setting makes story exciting, setting has an important effect on main character, setting is/is not exciting or new, setting increased my knowledge of something): brian was on the beach for about 4 to 6 months, but it was different because he had to make his own shelter, drink lake water, and had to work to find his own food. But if he was at home he wouldn’t have to make his own shelter because it was already made, he would have clean water, and would already have food.
Theme
What is the author trying to say in this story? What is his lesson in life?
Is there a moral to this story?to not take things for granted.
This is a story about (courage? working hard? doing the right thing? greed? importance of friends? jealousy? love? caring? happiness? sadness?) its about courage and working hard
This book showed me/I learned from this story: I really didn’t learn anything
State a problem in the story and how it was solved: Brian had no where to sleep but against a tree but then he built a shelter.


Plot: The Action/Summary of What Happened in the Story
Summary of the story (list up to 6 events that happened in the story; keep them in order):
1. Brian got in a plane crash and was stranded on an island.

2. brian got hurt by a porcipine and got trampled by a moose.

3. brians shelter got ruined by a tornad then had to build a new one and then a plane found him and he got to go home.

Evaluation of the Book
What did you think of the book? The book was very very good
What did you like about the book? Everything
What didn’t you like about the book? Nothing
Was the story confusing or hard to believe? That brian could survied
Was the story predictable (could you guess what was going to happen?) some parts in the book were predictable but then some parts werent
Was the story believable? Yes
The ending was Awesome

My letter

Dear Brian Robeson
I just wanted to say that I am inspired by you. By the way u survived in the middle of nowhere for four months with very little and made it like you had everything u needed to survive for ever. I mean if it was me out there I would not have the courage and strength to keep trying.
At the end when I found out that u were going to make it I was so excited for you. Well that is all I have to say for right now so I hope when u get home that you have a good welcome home.
Sincerely,
Kyrsten Gibson