Kim Heacox, author of the National Outdoor Book Award-winning novel Jimmy Bluefeather , returns with a new, brilliant novel about family love and the lengths one will go to protect it.
Filled with humor and compassion, it depicts the best of America, a place composed of wildness and kindness..
Told from three alternating perspectives, On Heaven\'s Hill is a vividly powerful story about rediscovering hope and finding new life in the aftermath of trauma.
And circling the perimeter of the town is a wolf, Silver, and his pack, quietly watching.
Eleven-year-old Kes Nash just wants her father--back from war in Afghanistan--to be normal again.
Former trapper Salt d\'Alene never thought he\'d find himself in the midst of such a dispute, but he\'ll do anything to provide the best care for his son Solomon, recently diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. -- Gwen Florio, author of Silent Hearts and the Lola Wicks series The small town of Strawberry Flats sits on a remote Alaska coast, peacefully left to itself--until controversial plans for a road and a bridge threaten to upend everything.
Reminiscent of John Nichols\' The Milagro Beanfield War, Heacox deftly weaves lyrical tributes to the healing power of nature with a fast-paced plot that builds to a heart-pounding conclusion.
All that stands in its way is a pack of wolves and the twelve-year-old girl determined to save them. -- Mark Adams, New York Times bestselling author of Tip of the Iceberg and Turn Right at Machu Picchu Kim Heacox poses the age-old question--what price progress?--with new urgency in On Heaven\'s Hill, his compelling novel of an Alaskan hamlet whose remote location is no defense against big-money development.
Oh, and it\'s laugh-out-loud funny, too.
This book will appeal equally to aging idealists reared on Edward Abbey and adventurous kids hooked on Gary Paulsen.
A sprawling novel brimming with suspense, ideas and unforgettable characters, On Heaven\'s Hill paints a captivating group portrait of a rebel alliance discovering their true selves in America\'s most glorious natural landscape.
Kim Heacox, author of the National Outdoor Book Award-winning novel Jimmy Bluefeather , returns with a new, brilliant novel about family love and the lengths one will go to protect it
