Hatchet (novel)
First edition cover | |
| Author | Gary Paulsen |
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| Original title | Hatchet |
| Language | English |
| Series | Brian's Saga |
| Genre | Young adult novel |
| Publisher | Bradbury Press |
Publication date | September 1987 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardcover and Paperback and Ebook |
| Pages | 195 p. (first edition, hardback) 186 p. (second edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-02-770130-1 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 15366056 |
| [Fic] 19 | |
| LC Class | PZ7.P2843 June 1987 |
| Followed by | The River |
Hatchet is a 1987 young-adult wilderness survival novel written by American writer Gary Paulsen. It is the first novel of five in the Hatchet series. Other novels in the series include The River (1991), Brian's Winter (1996), Brian's Return (1999) and Brian's Hunt (2003). It was first published in September 1987 by Bradbury Press, and the recipient of the Newbery Honor Award in 1988.