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Brian tries to kill himself but realizes that he has become a new person and wants to live.
Chapter 14| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | When the novel opens, 13-year-old Brian Robeson is in a Cessna 406, a small plane, flying from New York to Canada to see... Read More |
| Chapter 2 | Brian considers giving the pilot CPR but doesn't know how and suspects the pilot is dead. When the plane begins to swerv... Read More |
| Chapter 3 | Despite his fear of dying, Brian takes the controls and tries to guide the plane down. After a while, he sees an L-shape... Read More |
| Chapter 4 | While unconscious on the edge of the lake, Brian dreams in detail of the moment when he found out about what he calls th... Read More |
| Chapter 5 | Brian wakes up suddenly. He's sunburned and incredibly thirsty, but he isn't sure if it is safe to drink the lake water,... Read More |
| Chapter 6 | Brian remembers a time when he and his friend Terry played in the park two years earlier. They found a thickly wooded pl... Read More |
| Chapter 7 | Brian wakes up screaming for his mother. He's in incredible pain: he's never felt anything this intense. He throws up an... Read More |
| Chapter 8 | Awakened by the wind, Brian smells something rotten and hears an animal slithering. He kicks out at something that moves... Read More |
| Chapter 9 | It is easy to make sparks with the hatchet, but Brian finds he can't get them to catch fire. He digs through his pockets... Read More |
| Chapter 10 | At first Brian can't stand to leave his fire. He sits beside it most of the day. Eventually he realizes he needs more wo... Read More |
| Chapter 11 | Feeling depressed because there is no sign of rescuers, Brian cleans up his camp to get some control over his situation.... Read More |
| Chapter 12 | Brian makes a spear but finds the fish move too quickly for him to use it. He tries different ways of throwing it before... Read More |
| Chapter 13 | Weeks later Brian stands at the end of the lake watching the fish. He wants to catch a bird, but some internal signal ke... Read More |
| Chapter 14 | Brian thinks about how important mistakes are. He considers the difference between living in the city and living in the ... Read More |
| Chapter 15 | Time runs together for Brian. One day is like the next, and only the marks he makes on his shelter wall record the passi... Read More |
| Chapter 16 | Brian stands at the long end of the lake and thinks about how much he has changed and how he'll never be the same. He ke... Read More |
| Chapter 17 | Brian rebuilds his shelter after retrieving its scattered pieces. He gathers wood for a fire and softer branches for a b... Read More |
| Chapter 18 | Brian circles the plane twice more, but he still can't find any way in. Slamming his hand against its frame in frustrati... Read More |
| Chapter 19 | When Brian wakes up the next morning, he digs through the survival pack and finds "unbelievable riches." It contains mat... Read More |
| Epilogue | Readers learn the bush plane's pilot had come to map the region for future fur trading with trappers. Brian has now been... Read More |
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