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The Secret Life Of Brian Robeson
My book that i am reading is about this thirteen year old boy named Brian Robeson who is desperately trying to survive. He was on a plane that crashed in a Canadian wilderness and all he was to survive is what is in the survival backpack that was in the plane. There are only two main characters in the story and they are Brian himself and the hunter that found Brian and his name was David Smallhorn. The hunter lives on a small island on the lake. One of the theme of the story is survival because Brain’s Winter talks about him trying to survive the cold winter in the canadian wilderness. He was to hunt for his food in order to eat because he crashed landed there and he was left with no food. All he had with him was a backpack that he food on

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