When Raven woke up by the lake she just knew this day would be one she would remember forever. And as they climbed the mountain they saw bears - a Mama bear and two cubs. Not just ordinary black bears - two were white, like the Spirit Bears in the north who are said to help people in trouble. Raven is first to make it to the top of the mountain and she's doing a top-of-the-mountain dance before her sister Lily and stepfather Scott catch up. But suddenly the rock under her feet cracks and she is falling, tumbling, crashing down over the edge of the cliff. When she finally comes to, no one answers her calls. The rock-fall is covering the trail where she last saw Lily and Scott. Eventually she hears her sister through a tiny crack in the rocks, but Scott is lying twisted and unconscious. Raven must find help. But can she find her way down through the forest? And what if she meets the bears they saw on the way up? Or wolves? She has no food, little water, no phone and no compass. And it's late in the day. Still, Raven will do anything to save her family.
Age 8-12
