Reblogged from Thought Catalog:
1. Hatchet
IT WON A NEWBERRY MEDAL, SO YOU KNOW IT WAS LEGIT. This was like the ultimate survival story; although I have a feeling Brian (the main character) would get some pushback if he tried lugging a hatchet in his luggage nowadays. In retrospect, this story is pretty brutal. I mean, here we have this 13-year-old boy rolling solo in the woods, having to scavenge for food, trying to…











