The Mountain Between Us

A poignant story of finding oneself, fishing, fathers, sons, and baseball. This novel tells the story of two orphans: one of them, Chase Walker, is luckier—after a string of foster homes, he finally found a loving father in the form of his Uncle Willi; the other, little Buddy, experienced something terrible in childhood, and now he doesn’t speak. Chase is driven by compassion and the desire to help the child, so he sets out to find his parents—and along the way, he uncovers several family secrets and immerses himself in the family’s history up to the 19th century… This easy, touching, and captivating book deals with the most difficult and serious topics, and its lively and charming characters will become your friends.