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 âe" 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 âe" and the dreadful secret that has been tearing him apart since his parentâe(tm)s divorce. But now Brian has no time for anger^ self pity^ or despair âe" it will take all his know-how and determination^ and more courage than he knew he possessed^ to survive.
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