Realistic wilderness survival skills: Engages readers with authentic survival techniques and challenges
Emotional character development: Follows a young protagonist overcoming despair and personal growth
Award-winning story: Recognized with the Newbery Honor for excellence in young adult literature
Multiple formats available: Available in both paperback and hardcover editions for reader preference
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This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared—and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor.
Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted by his secret knowledge of his mother’s infidelity, is traveling by single-engine plane to visit his father for the first t
