Eleven-year old Betts is now living with, and fighting with her best friend, Cara. Their teacher might be a witch, the therapist has a talking cat, and Betts’ anger spills over at school, bloodying a bully and threatening Betts' place there. Cara’s mother is missing, then horribly found, and Cara has to fight to stay in the cabin on Bear Hill. Families are lost, and then found, and love finds a way to heal and hold the people in Bett's life.
Gary is 65, and lives in a cabin on a Vermont hillside. His stories come from the kids he has known as a parent, foster parent, therapist and school teacher. Fiction is the best way to tell the truth, and the truth can change the world.