by Gary Paulsen
IL:5+ RL:6
On his way to visit his recently divorced father in the canadian mountains, the pilot of the single-engine plane has a heart attack and 13-year-old Brian miraculously survives the crash. His body battered, his clothes in shreds, Brian must find a way to survive in the canadian wilderness and he must discover some simple truths. Self-pity doesn't work. Despair doesn't work.(Storytapes)