Eleven-year-old Ava Adams is looking for something different. The tall Manhattan buildings around her feel like walls closing in. And what if she doesn’t fit in with her city-loving friends or busybody family who think Black folks “don’t do nature?” But in a twist of fate, Ava is shocked to learn that her parents are actually allowing her to stay with her Aunt Raven in the Adirondacks for the summer. In her Auntie’s simple cabin, living off the land with nature’s beauty filling her senses, the woods feel more like home than Manhattan. As Summer comes to a close and Aunt… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Physical injuries & illness, including fever from an infected tick bite
- Animal death & hunting with a bow & arrow mentioned (coyote, rabbit, dogs, on- & off-page)
- Snowstorm & lightning strike, resulting in property damage
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