Hatchet was written by Gary Paulsen and was published in 1987. It's about a boy named Brian Robinson who was on a flight to his dad’s house when the pilot suddenly died. Brian is left to survive in the woods all alone. This realistic fiction book discusses what it takes to survive, and the hard parts of doing it alone. Brian Robinson was on a plane on the way to his dads house, when his pilot started complaining of a stomach ache. Brian realized the pilot was having a heart attack. He watched as the pilot slammed into his seat over and over again. His eyes rolled back into his head and he showed all signs of being dead. He started panicking, the plane continued to fly and Brian was thinking of what he should do.He started to fly the plane,