ABANDONED. (YA) Woman crashes in a forest, gets helped by someone on radio

[Daniel]

I read this maybe ~10 years ago. For some reason, I feel like it was a short story, potentially part of an anthology. The most advanced technology in the story was a radio, so I don't remember if it was contemporary or not. I live in the US. Young adult novel.

A female soldier crashes her plane in a forest, I believe in the US. At first, she is lost and disoriented until she picks someone up on the radio who instructs her and helps her survive.

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At the end, she is rescued. They also search for the person she heard over the radio but can't find her. It's heavily implied that the person on the radio was a hallucination, her inner voice reminding her of her military survival training.
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[Kris]

Daniel, if this short story is from an anthology, what's the likely theme of the anthology? Written by a single or multiple authors?

[Clarissa]

I have read this on my kindle - will try to find it again but it is a part of an anthology, different authors.

[Kris]

No response, moving to Abandoned folder.

Daniel (OP) was last active on the site in December 2019.