Most summer afternoons we hike in the woods or go swimming. Buffy loves to run free, eating berries, overturning rocks and tearing apart rotted stumps to look for grubs and ants. Because of hunters, we do not wander far apart. Buffy now believes that all people are to be trusted. Sadly, this is not true.

The hunting of bears in Montana orphans many cubs. The cubs die slowly from starvation. That's why I wrote my first novel, "Rescue Josh McGuire." a story about a boy trying to save a bear cub's life. Luckily, Buffy will never be hunted.