Winter Danger (1st)

By: William O. Steele

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Synopsis: A harsh winter forces mountain folk Caje Amis and his father to take shelter with distant relatives . . . and changes both of them. It is going to be the coldest winter ever, and Caje’s pa Jared can see the signs. Squirrels flood the trees, heading south. Deer have their winter pelts months early. And game in the woods is so scarce that Caje and Jared go hungry as often as not. Caje’s pa only knows nature. He’s a “woodsy”--a hunter, who lseeps in caves and hollow trees and doesn’t like other people. He’s raised Caje to be like him. Which is why Caje is so confused when his pa abandons him at his uncle’s just as the cruel winter closes in. As the food supplies grow meager, Caje has to learn to think of other people, and become part of something he’s never known before: a family.