Brian Robeson is thirteen and on his way to see his father for the first time since the divorce when the pilot of the small plane has a heart attack. Brian crash-lands in a lake in the Canadian wilderness, alone, with the hatchet his mother gave him before he left.
He learns everything by getting it wrong first: how to make fire, find food and build a shelter, how to live with the mosquitoes, and how to carry a secret about his mother that he has told no one. He is out there for 54 days.
Paperback, 192 pages, published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Newbery Honor Book. Suggested for ages 10 to 14.
Details
- Author: Gary Paulsen
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 192
- Reading age: Ages 10 to 14
- Language: English
- ISBN-13: 9781416936473
- Condition: New
- Sold by: Sleevary

