A Newbery Honor Book
An ALA Notable Book
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30th Anniversary Edition
This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared â€" and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure.
Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father when the single-engine plane in which he is flying crashes. Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a tattered Windbreaker and the hatchet his mother gave him as a present â€" and the dreadful secret that has been tearing him apart since his parentâ€(TM)s divorce. But now Brian has no time for anger, self pity, or despair â€" it will take all his know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed, to survive.