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. Originally published: September 30, 1987. Series: Brian's Saga. Genre: Young adult fiction. Followed by: The River. Characters: Jim/Jake, Brian's mother, Brian's father, Brian Robeson, Terry. We don't know exactly where the story of Hatchet takes place because Brian is very, very lost. Brian's plane comes down somewhere in the North Woods, a vast area that covers much of central Canada. The airport he flies out of is in Hampton, New York, and he's headed for the oilfields of northern Canada where his father is working. Since the plane goes off course when the pilot bumps
