Books like Hatchet

1. 

   The Death Cure

   James Dashner · 2011 · The Maze Runner #3

   Because shares tags: young adult, adventure, survival.

   Thomas refuses WICKED's final test, remembers too much, and runs with the Gladers toward a last cure and a ship north.

2. 

   The Blood of Olympus

   Rick Riordan · 2014 · The Heroes of Olympus #5

   Because shares tags: young adult, adventure.

   Seven demigods stop Gaia waking while Reyna brings Athena statue.

3. 

   The Amber Spyglass

   Philip Pullman · 2000 · His Dark Materials #3

   Because shares tags: adventure, young adult.

   Lyra and Will cross worlds with amber spyglass to free ghosts and kill Authority.

4. 

   I Am Number Four

   Pittacus Lore · 2010 · Lorien Legacies #1

   Because shares tags: young adult, adventure.

   Alien teen Four hides in Ohio and develops Legacies with Sam and Sarah.

5. 

   Howl's Moving Castle

   Diana Wynne Jones · 1986 · Howl's Castle #1

   Because shares tags: young adult, adventure.

   Cursed old by the Witch of the Waste, hatmaker Sophie Hatter talks her way into wizard Howl's moving castle and bargains with fire demon…

6. 

   City of Heavenly Fire

   Cassandra Clare · 2014 · The Mortal Instruments #6

   Because shares tags: young adult, adventure.

   Clary and Jace face Sebastian's dark army while Emma and Julian's story begins in Los Angeles.

7. 

   A Thousand Boy Kisses

   Tillie Cole · 2016

   Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age.

   Poppy and Rune bind promise jar kisses before illness parts them.

8. 

   Will Grayson, Will Grayson

   John Green and David Levithan · 2010

   Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age.

   Two Chicago teens with one name collide, with Tiny Cooper's musical stealing every scene.

9. 

   The Red Pyramid

   Rick Riordan · 2010 · The Kane Chronicles #1

   Because shares tags: young adult, adventure.

   Siblings Carter and Sadie Kane wake the Egyptian gods and must stop Set from destroying the world.

10. 

    Credence

    Penelope Douglas · 2020

    Because shares tags: wilderness, coming of age.

    An orphaned teen spends a mountain winter with her guardian and his two sons, and lines blur.

11. 

    Where the Red Fern Grows

    Wilson Rawls · 1961

    Because shares tags: coming of age, adventure.

    Billy earns two hounds and hunts raccoons in the Ozarks with love and loss.

12. 

    We'll Always Have Summer

    Jenny Han · 2011 · The Summer I Turned Pretty #3

    Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age.

    Belly must choose between Conrad and Jeremiah after two years with Jeremiah and a wedding plan at Cousins.

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