I didn't want to go hunting with Uncle Clay that morning. Now I have to live with what happened for the rest of my life. It was just an accident. The rabbit ran away. Clay fell . . .
Nothing has been the same for Daniel since that morning in the woods when Uncle Clay went down. Mom and Mrs. Hardy, Daniel's guidance counselor, try to help Daniel after he loses his role model and best friend, Clay. Daniel's alcoholic father just makes the situation worse. The memory of that cold morning will stay with Daniel forever. But somehow, he must find a way to go on . . . for Uncle Clay . . . and most of all, for himself.
There is a lot of complexity in this short, quiet coming-of-age novel. Sensitive younger readers will be drawn in by Daniel’s story, which can be likened to a more emotional twin of Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet.--Booklist
Set in the woods of rural North Georgia, it's the story of 11-year-old Daniel Sartain and his uncle, Clay. Daniel doesn't want to go hunting that cold November morning in 1992. But he does go. The accident that happens that day changes his life forever.
