Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Author:
Gary Paulsen was born May 17, 1939 in Minnesota. During the first few years of his life, he was raised by several relatives, because his father was stationed in Europe during the Second World War. His mother worked in a factory and he ran away from home at the age of 14 and travelled around with a carnival, where he learned much about life. After that period he moved back to Minnesota where he turned to the sport of dog racing. But after some years he suffered an attack of angina and was forced to give up his dogs. So he put all his energy in writing books and since 1985 he publis…