一场荒野求生的成长之旅 从《Hatchet》【手斧男孩】读起 “Brian’s Saga”荒野求生

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在孩子成长的书架上，有些书能带他们穿越幻想世界，有些书能教他们理解现实世界——而加里·保尔森（Gary Paulsen）的《Hatchet》（《手斧男孩》）则是一场关于“生存与自我”的真实冒险。

这本书出版于 1987年，自面世以来获得了广泛好评，被誉为“少年版《荒野生存》”。它不仅赢得了 纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖（Newbery Honor），更长期出现在美国中小学阅读书单上，成为无数孩子心中的冒险经典。

🪓 故事简介｜一把手斧与一场坠机

13岁的布莱恩·罗布森（Brian Robeson）乘坐一架小飞机去探望父亲，途中飞行员突发心脏病，飞机坠入加拿大荒野。

醒来后，布莱恩发现自己孤身一人，只有母亲送给他的一把手斧（hatchet）。

面对无尽的森林、野兽、暴雨和饥饿，他必须靠自己的智慧和勇气生存下来。

他学会了生火、捕鱼、建庇护所，也在孤独和恐惧中慢慢成长，体会到人与自然最本真的联系。

这不是一场单纯的冒险，而是一段成长的磨砺。


正如书中所写：“他不再是那个坐在飞机上的男孩了。他是一个能生火、能打猎、能活下来的男孩。”

Brian Robesonstared out the window of the small plane at the endless green northern wilderness below. It was a small plane, a Cessna 406—a bush-plane—and the engine was so loud, so roaring and consuming and loud, that it ruined any chance for conversation.

Not that he had much to say. He was thirteen and the only passenger on the plane with a pilot named—what was it? Jim or Jake or something—who was in his mid-forties and who had been silent as he worked to prepare for take-off. In feet since Brian had come to the small airport in Hampton, New York to meet the plane—driven by his mother—the pilot had spoken only five words to him.

"Get in the copilot's seat." Which Brian had done. They had taken off and that was the last of the conversation. There had been the initial excitement, of course. He had never flown in a single-engine plane before and to be sitting in the copilot's seat with all the controls right there in front of him, all the instruments in his face as the plane clawed for altitude, jerking and sliding on the wind currents as the pilot took off, had been interesting and exciting. But in five minutes they had leveled off at six thousand feet and headed northwest and from then on the pilot had been silent, staring out the front, and the drone of the engine had been all that was left. The drone and the sea of green trees that lay before the plane's nose and flowed to the horizon, spread with lakes, swamps, and wandering streams and rivers.

Now Brian sat, looking out the window with the roar thundering through his ears, and tried to catalog what had led up to his taking this flight. The thinking started. Always it started with a single word. Divorce.

📚 系列全览｜“Brian’s Saga”荒野求生五部曲

《Hatchet》只是故事的开始。加里·保尔森后来又写了四本续作，让我们继续追随布莱恩的脚步，探索他在荒野中的人生。

Hatchet（手斧男孩） – 1987
布莱恩的坠机与第一次荒野求生。

The River（河流） – 1991
科学家请布莱恩重返荒野，以记录他的生存经历。但这次一场突如其来的意外，让他再次面对生死考验。

Brian’s Winter（布莱恩的冬天） – 1996
想象一个“如果”——如果布莱恩没有被救走，他该如何在漫长的冬天里生存？这是对原作的另一种延伸。

Brian’s Return（布莱恩的回归） – 1999
回到城市后，布莱恩发现自己再也无法适应现代生活，于是他重返荒野，寻找真正属于自己的地方。

Brian’s Hunt（布莱恩的狩猎） – 2003
已成长为青年的布莱恩，独自狩猎于北方森林，却发现一场更大的危机正在等着他。



整套系列被称为 “Brian’s Saga”，加里·保尔森在这五部作品中，用极其真实的笔触刻画了人与自然的关系、青少年的成长与独立、内心的坚韧与勇气。

🧭 为什么值得推荐给孩子

现实与冒险兼具：没有魔法、没有幻想，只有真实的自然挑战，孩子能从中体会生命的韧性。

心理成长线丰富：从恐惧到适应，从依赖到独立，是孩子青春期心理成长的映射。

语言清晰、生动有力：适合中高年级学生自主阅读（Lexile 蓝思值约 1020L）。

跨学科延展性强：可以与自然科学、生物、地理、心理学等内容结合阅读。


👨‍🦱 关于作者 Gary Paulsen

加里·保尔森（1939–2021）是美国著名的儿童与青少年文学作家，一生创作了 200多部作品，主题多围绕自然、冒险与成长。

他本人也曾在荒野中独自生活，参加“阿拉斯加狗拉雪橇大赛（Iditarod）”，这些亲身经历让他的文字格外真切、有力。

在这个屏幕主导的时代，《Hatchet》提醒我们，孩子的成长不只在课堂上，也在心灵与自然的碰撞中。


当他们合上书的最后一页，也许不会马上去森林生火，却可能多了一份面对困难时不退缩的勇气。

推荐年龄：10岁以上

蓝思值：约 1020L

系列名称：Brian’s Saga / The Hatchet Series

适合人群：喜欢冒险、自然、生存题材的中高年级读者

📖 让孩子跟随布莱恩，一起在荒野中寻找成长的力量吧。