The Hunter's Daughter

In a small rodeo town in eastern Oregon, seventeen-year-old Maura is used to carrying more than most. Between caring for her younger sister and managing her father's worsening diabetes, she's learned how to hold everything together-even when it feels like it's falling apart. But when her father leaves on a desperate hunting trip in the Blue Mountains-and doesn't come back-Maura's carefully balanced world unravels.
Enter Alex: her neighbor's troubled grandson, newly arrived and impossible to ignore. He's guarded, unpredictable, and exactly the kind of distraction Maura doesn't need. But as the days stretch on with no sign of her father, Alex becomes the one person willing to help her face what comes next. Together, they set out into the rugged wilderness to find him. What begins as a search turns into a test of survival, forcing Maura to confront her deepest fears-about loss, about love, and about what it really means to be a family when everything you depend on is at risk.
Set against the stark beauty of the Oregon mountains, The Hunter's Daughter is a gripping and heartfelt coming-of-age story about resilience, first love, and the courage it takes to keep going when nothing is certain.