This would be a great book for boys (and tom-boys). It is a story where a boy, Brian, gets stranded in the woods near a lake after a plane crash.
Middle school required reading. freaked me out.
Reread this one with some students. They always like it, which is a feat for struggling and hesitant readers.
Gary Paulson's novel Hatchet is the 1987 Newberry Award Winner. It's a young adult novel about a young man's survival all alone in the wilderness.
I thought this book was great I loved the survival aspect of it. the book made me feel thankful for the little things like being able to drink a can of soda.
