Against the backdrop of the great Bristol Bay salmon fishery, thirteen-year-old Zoey Morley struggles withher parents divorce, her moms bush-pilot boyfriend, and the pangs of growing up during her summer in thereal Alaska. Author Annie Boochever tells a compelling tale of a divided family living a remote lifestyle wheregetting along as a team is a matter of survival. Zoey learns to trust the artist inside her and finds she and hernew friend Thomas have something in common. Readers will live the lessons learned and taught by this younggirl who finds that hard work, compassion, and the ability to see things in her own special way lead her towardhappiness in a place that at first seems just too far away.