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 ** ABOUT THIS BOOK **

//This gritty account of the real-life adventures that led Gary Paulsen to create Brian Robeson, the 13-year-old main character of Hatchet and three other novels, answers many of the thousands of letters that Paulsen receives each year.//

Gary Paulsen has encountered many hair-raising and near-death experiences in his life, which makes him a first-rate survivor. He has witnessed a plane crash, volunteered on emergency missions, and run the challenging and dangerous Iditarod race in Alaska. He has made his home in the wilderness, on a sailboat, in a car, and on the streets. He knows firsthand what it takes to endure loneliness and fear. And Paulsen takes all of these experiences and hands them to Brian Robeson, his 13-year-old protagonist left to survive in the Canadian wilderness after the pilot of the small plane he is in dies of a heart attack.