Flying to spend his summer with his divorced father, 13 year old Brian Robeson's pilot dies from a massive heart attack. Brian's attempts at radioing for help before the plane runs out of gas fail. As the hours pass, he devises a plan to crash into a lake. Trees would carve the single engine plane to pieces. Thus starts Paulsen's story of survival in the Canadian mountains. Brian's life is stripped down to the barest essentials. He discovers truths about survival in the wilderness both mental and physical. A read-alike for this may be My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George.
Newbery Honor Book
ALA Notable Children's Book
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