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Still grieving the death of her older brother in a mountain climbing accident, fifteen-year-old Annie spends the summer in Wyoming with her prickly grandfather. A young boy undergoing his own personal crisis helps draw Annie back into the land of the living. This uneven first novel has too many plot strands, including a forced connection to Native American spirituality, but it effectively evokes the seductive beauty of its setting.