Hardcover|352 pagesA dazzling and evocative novel about seventeen-year-old Owl, left partially deaf by an early childhood tragedy that will come back to haunt her all these years later when her father is released from prison, and who is always her freest self while hiking the forested acres surrounding her familys New Hampshire maple sugar farm.

A dazzling and evocative novel about love and losswith a dash of thrilling mysteryfor fans of Mindy McGinnis and Courtney Summers.

Left partially deaf by an early childhood tragedy that ended in her fathers incarceration, seventeen-year-old Owl is now a tracker, an explorer, a wildlife enthusiast,andalways her freest self while hiking the steep forested acres surrounding her aunt and uncles maple sugar farm, now her home.Owl and her aunt and unclenever speak of the brutal attackthat brought her to them.On the day she confronts a stranger trespassing among the maples, Owls sheltered existence is blown wide open by Codythe magnetic, dangerous young manhired to help with the sugaring off. Cody seems to seeher, therealher, in a way no one else does. Together, they challenge each other, learn to question their preconceptions, and risk a romance their families are desperate to stop.

But when Owl learns that some part of Cody is compelled toward self-destruction, she must make a difficult decision about their relationship at the same time shes grappling with her fathers recent release from prison. And when a seemingly motiveless local murder draws attention to Cody, Owl realizes that Cody isin far more serious trouble than anyone knowsand its followed him to her mountain.