Series
Publication
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (2006), Edition: Reissue, 192 pages
Description
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Honor — 1991)
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 1991)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (First runner-up — 1990)
Soaring Eagle Book Award (First runner-up — 1992)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 1991)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1995)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 1990)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 1990)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Winner — Grades 4-8 — 1991)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 1991)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 4-8 — 1989)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 1992)
Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 1991)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1990)
Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 1988)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee — 1989)
Iowa Teen Award (Winner — 1990)
Bluestem Award (Nominee — 2016)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — 1991)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 1993)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Nominee — 1989)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — 1991)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 1990)
Margaret A. Edwards Award (1997)
NCSLMA Battle of the Books (Elementary — 2018)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Winner — Middle School — 1990)
Golden Archer Award (Winner — 1989)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — Juvenile Books — 1990)
Colorado Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1990)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 1991)
Surrey Schools’ Book of the Year (Winner — 1990)
Minnesota Book Awards (Winner — 1988)
CCBC Choices (1987)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Middle School — 1990)
Idaho Battle of the Books (Elementary — 2022)
Reading Olympics (Elementary — 2024)
Original language
English
Original publication date
1987
Physical description
192 p.; 5.13 inches
ISBN
1416936475 / 9781416936473