Thirteen-year-old Juniper is full of excitement when she's offered the
chance to visit her aunt and uncle in Alaska and take part in a hunt in
the Tongass National Forest. Juniper has plenty of experience hunting
mule deer at home in Colorado, and she's sure she'll be ready for
whatever Alaska can throw at her. But Southeast Alaska isn't quite what
Juniper expected. When she expresses her disappointment out loud, she
accidentally offends a local boy named Ben, who turns out to be part of
the hunting expedition. Circumstances--including bad weather, elusive
deer, and a surprise bear encounter--throw Juniper and Ben together on
the hunt. They'll have to learn to work together and respect each
other's skills if Juniper wants to get her first Sitka black-tailed
deer.