布莱恩13岁了，他要去爸爸那里过暑假，爸爸在哪里呢？爸爸在加拿大北方的原始森林里，他在那里从事油田的开发工作。布莱恩如何才能到达自己向往已久的原始森林呢？一天，机会终于来了，有一架飞机要飞回油田，布莱恩便成了这架小飞机上的惟一乘客。然而，谁曾料到巨大的不幸这时却降临了，驾驶员心脏病突发猝死，飞机摔落在杳无人烟的森林深入。还好，布莱恩幸免一死，但密林深危机重重，生存陷入困境——绝望、恐惧、饥饿、大*、狼、*……上飞机前，妈妈送了他一把手斧，手握斧头的布莱恩能够生存来吗？狼来了，他怎么办？没有火，他怎么办？没有食物，他怎么办？布莱恩真的能活下来吗？如果有一天，我们这些吃麦当劳长大的青少年，碰上了类似情况，又会怎会办呢？我们有足够的野外生存能力吗？我们能够将数学、物理、化学等课本知识转化成野外生存技巧吗？

LOST Brian Robertson, sole passenger on a Cessna 406, is on his way to visit his father when the tiny bush plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness. With nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present, Brian finds himself completely alone. Challenged by his fear and despair -- and plagued with the weight of a dreadful secret he's been keeping since his parent's divorce -- brian must tame his inner demons in order to survive. It will take all his know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed.

Gary Paulsen was born on May 17, 1939 in Minnesota. During the first few years of his life, his father was stationed in Europe during World War II and his mother worked in a factory. Paulsen was raised by his grandmother and aunts. He lived overseas after the war in the Phillippines between 1946-49. Ever since he was fifteen, he worked many jobs to support himself. He attended Bemidji College, in Minnesota, paying his tuition by being a trapper. He also spent some time in the army. He decided one day to try writing and tried to become a magazine editor. He spent nearly a year as an associate magazine editor on a magazine for men in Hollywood, California. He published his first book, "Special War," in 1966 and had published nearly forty books and several articles and short stories during his early years. He went back to school in 1972, attending the University of Colorado, but his career was interrupted by a lawsuit in 1977 over "Winterkill." In 1990, he suffered a mild heart attack, which did not hinder his writing at all. Paulsen was the recipient of the 1997 Margaret A. Edwards Award for his lifetime achievement in writing for young adults.