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All teen and kid reviews for Hatchet

Age
10
Average rating based on 53 kid and teen reviews:
  • 30% say it's educational
Teen, 17 years old
April 26, 2011
 
I didn't like it but you might! :)
I thought that Hatchet was an okay book. The story line was somewhat boring in places and didn’t have any strong characters. Yes, Brian was there and you got to know him somewhat, but there was no other character interaction. I’m not saying it has to be another person that magically appears in the middle of the wilderness but it would be nice if Brian had a companion of some sort. Also, Hatchet seemed to be written very poorly. Almost every sentence was repeated many times and it annoyed me very much! But I have to say, I did like the fact that I felt like I learned something in the end! If I were stranded in the wilderness I might be able to make it a few days longer with the help of Hatchet! :) To me, the book had no "Inappropriate" things whatsoever. Yeah, he did kill some animals but don't we all eat meat?

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Teen, 15 years old
July 10, 2011
 
im a good book but not for little kids
well it was the best at pages 1-32 the middle kinda tells how he survives but the end was good,now i think well im 10 and some of the words i couldn't read and it said a couple of bad words so i'd say ages 10-29 anyway it was good and if you read you will enjoy it but once you start you just can't stop (literally) love ya'll bye ps. don't let kids under the age of 10 read it Thank you

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Kid, 12 years old
April 26, 2011
 
Really good book!
We read this for school at our Surviour Book club and I thought it wouldn't be the most exciting book. The first few chapters were sort of just intruducing how the book starts.. which is where he's in the plane and I didn't really want to keep reading but I did, and it got REALLY, really good!

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Kid, 13 years old
October 9, 2010
 
A repetitive and gross book
This book was intesting at the beggining and the very end, but during the middle it kind of slowed down and got boring, and repetitive. some good words to describe it are eposodic(if that was spelled correctly), repetitive, and repulsive.

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Teen, 14 years old
August 13, 2009
 
I loved this book, and it's very educational! I read this in 4th grade and our whole class loved it!!!!

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Kid, 12 years old
May 14, 2011
 
good book
good book read it for school my fav part is the tornado

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Teen, 18 years old
April 9, 2008
 
Fast-paced!
I absoulutely LOVE this book, but one of the big issues is the Brian's mother cheated on his father. Brian must kill many things to survive in the wild, there are also a few iffy words used. Brian often thinks of McDonald's, but he is a great role-model! This is a great book for any one ages 9+!

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Teen, 16 years old
April 9, 2008
 
i crued after i thought he was going to get killed...lol
This is s very good book i read this in the 4ht grade and i think it is very interesting and younger kids i think would love it...=]

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Kid, 12 years old
March 4, 2009
 
sweet
I just loved this book it was so cool. I couldn't stop reading it.

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Teen, 15 years old
April 20, 2009
 
Great survival story!
A totally GREAT book about a kid surviving in the wilderness. Read it now!

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Kid, 13 years old
February 2, 2009
 
sweet
I'm reading the sequel brain's winter in school!We just finished reading hatchet and now we're making dioramas!

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Kid, 13 years old
May 5, 2010
 
Love it!!!!

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Teen, 15 years old
March 26, 2011
 
One of my favorite books of all time.

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Teen, 14 years old
October 4, 2011
 
Great Book, Meat Eaters?
I love this book and first read it when I was in 3rd grade and it was assigned in 5th grade. I have reread it at least a dozen times. I believe that this book has good role models. Brian overcomes his internal struggle through the book. Personally, the scenes involving Brian hunting and killing animals is not violent at all. Unless someone has a certain type of religion or is a vegetarian, they probably eat meat every day. It's just that we don't think about how that meat got there in the first place. Anyways, if you like this book, you should read Brian's Winter, The River, and Brian's Return as well.

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Teen, 18 years old
December 1, 2010
 
Great for just starting to read novels. And fun to read for fun.
The story shows that through struggle and hard times, that even in the worst situations, we can prevail.

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Teen, 17 years old
May 9, 2010
 
Hatchet Rocks!
Love it! Wonderful book, I've read it several times! Gary Paulsen is a wonderful author too!

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Kid, 13 years old
May 6, 2010
 
BEST BOOK IVE EVER READ
I LOOOOVE this book it was the first book id ever read that was more than 200 pages. Anyone can read it but children under 8 or 7 wont understand it. Also one D word in the book

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Kid, 12 years old
May 26, 2011
 
SUPERB!!!
Hatchet was great! i read it two years ago in 4th grade, along with Brian's Winter. both great books!!!

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Kid, 13 years old
June 30, 2010
 
good book!
I read this book twice, in third grade and fifth grade, and I liked it a lot.

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Teen, 14 years old
March 29, 2010
 

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