TW for Hatchet: does mention attempted suicide.

I remember originally hearing about this book when I was in Grade 5... roughly 10 years ago. I never ended up reading it until now though (saw it on TikTok and it had my interest).

I wouldn’t necessarily label this as a kids book. I would say any kid 12-14+ could read it, about Grade 6. It reminds me a lot of New Adult, a sub-genre that is in between Young Adult and Adult. It has the writing more following Young Adult, but deals with topics and scenes that are more in the Adult category. I would put this as a New Teen book. The writing is very much aimed for tweens/young teens, but deals with things that would fall under more of the Teen category.

I also have to mention that this kid is waaay smarter than I would be if my plane crashed. I would’ve died long before he did.

The reason why I’m giving it a 4/5 is because the ending felt really rushed. You get the wrap up in the Epilogue, which is fine, but I just wish it didn’t end so abruptly.