A Carrie Brown novel. An evocative coming-of-age story. It's summer in Vermont, and Alice, 10, meets two captivating people: a New York City kid up for the summer, and a cosmopolitan artist home to convalesce. When the kids discover the journals of Lewis and Clark, reading them aloud to the artist, they decide to embark on a wilderness adventure of their own--with unexpected results. Paperback.