Book: Hatchet
Author: Gary Paulson Brian, a thirteen year old boy, had his parents divorced. So, the court decided him to stay with his mother during his school days and during his school holidays, he was allowed to stay with his father. On a holiday time, Brian started to his father, who is working in the mines of Canada. Hence, Brian started his journey through a bush/Cargo plane. His mother handed him a Hatchet, before he left to the plane. During his journey, his mind flowed sadly. He doesn’t want his parents to get split, but then he made up his mind , not to think over the past. In his journey, Brian took the co-pilot’s seat. Since it is a cargo plane, there is only a pilot and some goods. When the plane started to cross the wilderness of the Canada, the pilot had a heart attack. He tried to contact the airport, but it was all in vain, thus without the knowledge of operating the flight, Brian landed the plane near to a lake. For a day, he had pain due to his falling. He didn’t hjad anything to eat too. At last due to hunger, he started to search for berries. He landed the plane near the lake because he knew that he can survive even with water. Soon he, with the help of his hatchet, he decided to survive. He made the fire with pebbles, and for many days, he survived without any trouble. Later, he realized that there might be anything in the plane, which was collapsed in the lake, will help him. He found some transmitters and some food. He tried to use the transmitters, but it didn’t work. Soon he heard the sound of a plane approaching towards him. Thus he was saved.
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