First published 2018
Melody Vega returns to Glacier National Park with her family, but this summer feels different. Her mother is gone, and every familiar trail brings painful memories. The park that once offered comfort now reminds her of loss at every turn. Eleven-year-old Mel tries to find peace in the wilderness she knows so well. Then she encounters a massive grizzly bear in the wild. The confrontation forces her to fight for her life as 1967 becomes the deadliest season in the park's history. No grizzly had ever killed a visitor to Glacier before this terrible summer. Mel must survive an attack that will change how people think about bears and humans sharing the same wilderness. Her personal grief collides with a natural disaster that transforms America's national parks forever.
Genres: fiction, animals, adventure, contemporary
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, personal-growth
Setting: Glacier National Park
Period: 1967
144 pages · Paperback · Scholastic Paperbacks
Content warnings: death