A young giant girl is chased from her ancestral home by the "Screamer." "In a long-ago fantasy time, Megan—the last remaining daughter of a family of giants—is engulfed without warning in a terrible storm and separated from her parents . . . [Hearne] successfully creates suspense and casts and atmosphere of premeval magic."——The Horn Book Magazine "Hearne's first fantasy for children says a great deal about founders and pioneers—those who stay and those who must push on—and about the changeable stars which guide them . . . a tale that is constantly on the move." —Language Arts, Book reMarks