Use the excerpt to answer the question.

Now Lana steered the little boat toward the dock by the hut where Martin lived with his two little brothers. When she saw Martin wasn’t waiting out in front, she heaved out a sigh, yelling, “C’mon, Martin! We need to go—now!”

“All right, all right.” Martin appeared, lugging an empty box. “Listen, I had a thought. You know how I’ve been talking about how these fuel runs are a dead end?”

“You’re backing out on us now?” said Jessie.

“No, no—but while we’re inland, I want to scavenge for a few other things.” Smiling, Martin jumped into the boat. “I have a plan.”

In one to two sentences, describe the theme of the excerpt.

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The theme of an excerpt is the meaning or message of a text. In this text, I think that the excerpt is always made your own choices so you can avoid mistakes and I also think the excerpt of this text is believing in yourself and others are also known as courage.

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The theme of the excerpt is a sense of urgency and the need to adapt to changing circumstances.

The theme of the excerpt is that the characters are preparing for a mission and discussing potential changes and additional objectives.

The theme of the excerpt is the characters' need for resources and their determination to find alternative solutions.

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