Struggling to adjust to his new life in the country with his mother and brother after his father's death, thirteen-year-old Fran adopts an orphaned raccoon and befriends a part-Iroquois girl named Jo, who helps him discover a new source of strength and understanding.Struggling to adjust to his new life in the country with his mother and brother after his father's death, thirteen-year-old Fran adopts an orphaned raccoon and befriends a part-Iroquois girl named Jo, who helps him discover a new source of strength and understanding