A seventeen-year-old schoolgirl is the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Peruvian Amazon.

The true story of Juliane Koepcke, the seventeen-year-old schoolgirl who survived one of the most amazing adventures of our times. Flying from Peru to see her father for the New Year celebrations, Juliane's plane hits a cyclone and breaks up at 24,000 feet. Somehow, Juliane miraculously survives the horror only to find herself alone in the hostile world of the South American rainforests. There her tormented battle to find civilization begins.—Anonymous