Books like…

Books Like Hatchet

by Gary Paulsen · about this book

Loved Hatchet by Gary Paulsen? If its series, survival story and adventure hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Holes, The Lightning Thief and A Monster Calls. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Hatchet: Series · Survival Story · Adventure · Forest · Teen Protagonist

1. 

   Holes

   Louis Sachar

   Survival Story · Rite of Passage · Kids in Danger · Underdog · Coming of Age

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2. 

   The Lightning Thief

   Rick Riordan

   Rite of Passage · Kids in Danger · Underdog · Adventure · Teen Protagonist

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   A Monster Calls

   Patrick Ness

   Rite of Passage · Divorced Parents · Short Chapters · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist

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4. 

   The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

   Mark Twain

   Rite of Passage · Kids in Danger · Coming of Age · Water and Rivers · Short Chapters

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5. 

   The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset

   Suzanne Collins

   Survival Story · Underdog · Kids in Danger · Teen Protagonist · Forest

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6. 

   The Sorcerer in the North

   John Flanagan

   Rite of Passage · Underdog · Coming of Age · Short Chapters · Adventure

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7. 

   Eragon

   Christopher Paolini

   Rite of Passage · Underdog · Coming of Age · Adventure · Teen Protagonist

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8. 

   The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

   Avi

   Rite of Passage · Coming of Age · Adventure · Survival Story · Teen Protagonist

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9. 

   Pawn of Prophecy

   David Eddings

   Rite of Passage · Underdog · Coming of Age · Adventure · Teen Protagonist

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10. 

    Among the Hidden

    Margaret Peterson Haddix

    Kids in Danger · Forest · Short Chapters · Middle Grade · Coming of Age

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11. 

    Bud, Not Buddy

    Christopher Paul Curtis

    Rite of Passage · Coming of Age · Underdog · Short Chapters · Adventure

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12. 

    The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

    Tamora Pierce

    Rite of Passage · Underdog · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Adventure

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13. 

    Crank

    Ellen Hopkins

    Divorced Parents · Short Chapters · Coming of Age · Sparse Prose · Teen Protagonist

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14. 

    Messenger

    Lois Lowry

    Forest · Rite of Passage · Coming of Age · Survival Story · Short Chapters

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15. 

    Scorpia

    Anthony Horowitz

    Kids in Danger · Short Chapters · Tense and Suspenseful · Adventure · Teen Protagonist

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16. 

    Bridge to Terabithia

    Katherine Paterson

    Rite of Passage · Forest · Short Chapters · Coming of Age · Middle Grade

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17. 

    Island of the Blue Dolphins

    Scott O'Dell

    Rite of Passage · Survival Story · Underdog · Coming of Age · Middle Grade

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18. 

    White Fang

    Jack London

    Survival Story · Underdog · Forest · Coming of Age · Adventure

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19. 

    La Belle Sauvage

    Philip Pullman

    Kids in Danger · Survival Story · Coming of Age · Adventure · Tense and Suspenseful

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20. 

    City of the Beasts

    Isabel Allende

    Forest · Coming of Age · Adventure · Teen Protagonist · Survival Story

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