
Ch. 4 summary
Brian wakes up and is aching badly. He was cold. Hordes of mosquitoes were biting him. The secret that keeps troubling him is he saw his mother with another man in a car while riding on a motorcycle with his friend. All around him, he sees green colors when the sun comes up. At the lake, he saw a beaver, a large bird, and hundreds of fish. He fell asleep after seeing new things.
Ch. 5 summary
His eyes hammered open. He was thirsty and his face was burning. He went to the lake and drank water until he felt he stomach would explode. He started walking away and he threw up most of the water. He thought about where he was and if his parents will find him. Brian’s stomach was rumbling. He was hungry. He had a flashback about an English teacher he had named Perpich. Perpich always talked about being positive. Brian did not have much stuff, mostly money. At the end of this chapter, he started looking for shelter and food.
Ch. 6 summary
Brian finds a stone ridge and decides that it would be his shelter. The ridge had a small cave it was not very deep but it had a roof that he could almost stand under. He makes plans to make his shelter better. He remembers a television show he saw once where the pilots had to survive in a harsh climate for a week. He looks for berry bushes and sees many birds singing ahead. He goes to explore and sees them eating berries. He starts eating berries and gets full. He then fills up his jackets with berries and goes back to his camp. He gets sticks to try to close up the shelter. He falls asleep when he is done.