How long does it take to read Hatchet?
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Brian's Saga
Next: The River
About 3 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1986. 192 pages, about 52,800 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 81 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Brian Robison, a teenage boy struggling through his parents divorce, is flying up north to stay with his dad for the summer. However, his plane crashes and he is forced to survive the Canadian wilderness. Now living in a world completely opposite of his own, he is now able to discover himself in this forsaken and misunderstood beautiful world. The story is continued in "The River" "Brian's Winter" "Brian's Return" and "The Hunt"
Subjects: Divorce, plane crash, survival, Canada, fiction, Divorce, fiction, Children's fiction
