Synopsis After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2006-12-26 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 186 pages | | Height: | 7.8 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 4.5 oz |
Publisher's Note Headed for Canada to visit his father for the first time since his parents' divorce, thirteen-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of a plane crash, with only the clothes he has on and a hatchet to help him live in the wilderness. A Newbery Honor Book. Reprint.
Industry Reviews "This is a heart-stopping story: it seems that at every moment Brian is forced to face a life-and-death decision, and every page makes readers wonder at the density of descriptive detail Paulsen has expertly woven together. Poetic texture and realistic events are combined to create something beyond adventure, a book that plunges readers into the cleft of the protagonist's experience." (08/14/1987)
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