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Explanation:
"The Hatchet" (1986), written by American writer Gary Paulsen (Born 1939), is a survival and adventure novel for young adults.
The novel consists of nineteen chapters and an epilogue. It is about a thirteen year old Brian. When travelling with a pilot to visit his father, the pilot dies because of heart attack during the flight, plane crashes, and Brian is stranded near a lake in a Caribbean island. He is rescued after fifty four days.
Like many of Paulsen's other works, it has many autobiographical elements, For examples his parent's troubled relations, his leaving his parent in his early teens, and his adventures and jobs in tough circumstances.