● 美國「紐伯瑞獎」﹙Newbery Honor Book﹚肯定;騙倒《國家地理雜誌》的13歲青少年求生傳奇!
● 美國最受年輕讀者歡迎的作家之一蓋瑞.伯森,最膾炙人口的系列作,暢銷全球2,000,000冊
★ 你可以將最後一塊錢借給朋友,但千萬不要將你的手斧借人!★
「我在小飛機裡,駕駛員剛剛心臟病發作,沒辦法駕駛了,我不會開飛機。救救我……救救我……」
13歲的布萊恩,坐在飛越加拿大曠野的單引擎小飛機上,他是機上唯一的乘客。起飛不久,駕駛員卻心臟病突發,隨著飛機迅速墜落,所有的希望也跟著下墜。飛機摔落在杳無人煙的森林中,布萊恩幸運地逃過一死,卻必須在荒野中獨自面對恐懼、飢餓、森林中的大黑熊、不知名的野獸,以及即將來臨的嚴冬。
生長在都市,吃漢堡長大的布萊恩,如何讓自己活下去?赤手空拳的他如何為自己蓋一處遮風避野獸的處所?如何將電視上看到的鑽木取火理論,落實為攸關生死存活的取暖之道?
為了填飽肚子,這個城市少年學會打獵,並利用臨上飛機前,媽媽送的一支小斧頭,用獵得的大麋鹿為自己縫製禦寒的皮靴和皮衣,也學會如何掩藏烏龜蛋,防範其他野獸搶食。
54天的荒野奮鬥求生,讓城市少年布萊恩歷經一趟澈底的身心洗禮。
——中文簡介摘自野人出版,《手斧男孩首部曲》
This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared--and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor. Hatchet has also been nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.
Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted by his secret knowledge of his mother's infidelity, is traveling by single-engine plane to visit his father for the first time since the divorce. When the plane crashes, killing the pilot, the sole survivor is Brian. He is alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present.
At first consumed by despair and self-pity, Brian slowly learns survival skills--how to make a shelter for himself, how to hunt and fish and forage for food, how to make a fire--and even finds the courage to start over from scratch when a tornado ravages his campsite. When Brian is finally rescued after fifty-four days in the wild, he emerges from his ordeal with new patience and maturity, and a greater understanding of himself and his parents.
蓋瑞.伯森 (Gary Paulsen, 1939~)
出生在美國明尼蘇達州,先後當過卡車司機、獵捕人、導演、演員、歌手、水手、工程師、農夫、教師,也曾經淪為酒鬼。現定居遠離塵囂的森林,專心從事寫作,是美國聞名而多產的作家,從西部小說到家用維修,各類題材應有盡有,絕大部分取材自他個人的實際經驗。至今出版近200本書,已有十多種譯文,在各國都備受青睞。他不僅是「美國圖書館協會最佳圖書」榮譽榜的常客,《手斧男孩》﹙Hatchet﹚、﹙Dogsong﹚及﹙The Winter Room﹚三書更獲美國知名大獎「紐伯瑞獎」肯定。
Gary Paulsen (1931-2021) was one of the most honored writers of contemporary literature for young readers, author of three Newbery Honor titles, Dogsong, Hatchet, and The Winter Room. He wrote over 100 books for adults and young readers.