A thirteen-year-old girl and her father live in Forest Park, an enormous nature preserve in Portland, Oregon. They inhabit an elaborate cave shelter, wash in a nearby creek, store perishables at the water's edge, use a makeshift septic system, tend a garden, even keep a library of sorts. Once a week they go to the city to buy groceries and otherwise merge with the civilized world. But one small mistake allows a backcountry jogger to discover them, which derails their entire existence, ultimately provoking a deeper flight.
- ISBN13 9780151014149
- Publish Date 12 March 2009 (first published 1 March 2009)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 May 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Houghton Mifflin
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 225
- Language English