Is the book Hatchet realistic?

Hatchet is a fictional book that is meant to be inspirational to young readers. Gary Paulsen (the author) did, however, was inspired by different events in his lifetime to compose parts of the book. read more

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is a young adult realistic fiction novel. Paulsen tells the story of Brian Robenson trying to survive in the wilderness by himself. Everything starts going wrong when the pilot has a heart attack and Brian has to find a way to land the plane, but instead he ends up crashing it in the Canadian wilderness. read more

Hatchet is a 1987 Newbery Honor-winning young-adult wilderness survival novel written by American writer Gary Paulsen. It is the first novel of five in the Hatchet series. read more