Silas Bird lives with his father in a small town called Boneville. Martin Bird is a photographer by trade and the two of them have enough to get by. One day strangers come and kidnap Martin, calling him Mac Boat, a name Silas has never heard before. When a mysterious horse belonging to the kidnappers returns to the Bird house, Silas rides the horse in search of his father even though he is terrified of the woods he must travel through. His only companion is Mittenwool, a spirit presence who has been a friend of Silas since he was little. Soon he is joined by a Federal Marshal who is on the hunt for the kidnappers. They find the kidnappers but the Marshal is seriously injured. Silas then rides to the nearest town and gets the sheriff and his deputy to join in the effort to save his father. With their help the kidnappers are found and captured but the outcome is not a happy one. The end of the story is bittersweet, with a grown Silas heading off to college after living with the Sheriff and his family. This book is nominated for the 2023-2024 Missouri Mark Twain Award.
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