The novel "Hatchet" was written by American author Gary Paulsen. It was first published in 1987 and is a young-adult wilderness survival novel centered around a thirteen-year-old boy named Brian who survives alone in the Canadian wilderness after a plane crash. Gary Paulsen, who passed away in 2021, is known for his many books about wilderness survival and coming-of-age themes, drawing on his own life experiences in nature and emergency situations like plane crashes. "Hatchet" is considered his best-known work and was awarded the Newbery Honor in 1988.
