Paulsen, Gary creator text New York Scholastic 1996 First Scholastic printing, January 1998 monographic 133 pages ; 20 cm Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet. Z 1140 Lexile Z Raz-Plus Gary Paulsen Companion book to: Hatchet and The river. Survival Fiction Winter Fiction PZ7.P2843 Br 1996 813.54 0385321988 (hc : alk. paper) DLC 20240110093426.0 2660 eng