布萊恩13歲瞭，他要去爸爸那裏過暑假，爸爸在哪裏呢？爸爸在加拿大北方的原始森林裏，他在那裏從事油田的開發工作。布萊恩如何纔能到達自己嚮往已久的原始森林呢？一天，機會終於來瞭，有一架飛機要飛迴油田，布萊恩便成瞭這架小飛機上的惟一乘客。然而，誰曾料到巨大的不幸這時卻降臨瞭，駕駛員心髒病突發猝死，飛機摔落在杳無人煙的森林深入。還好，布萊恩幸免一死，但密林深危機重重，生存陷入睏境——絕望、恐懼、飢餓、大*、狼、*……上飛機前，媽媽送瞭他一把手斧，手握斧頭的布萊恩能夠生存來嗎？狼來瞭，他怎麼辦？沒有火，他怎麼辦？沒有食物，他怎麼辦？布萊恩真的能活下來嗎？如果有一天，我們這些吃麥當勞長大的青少年，碰上瞭類似情況，又會怎會辦呢？我們有足夠的野外生存能力嗎？我們能夠將數學、物理、化學等課本知識轉化成野外生存技巧嗎？

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.