The Courage Tree

Eight-year-old Sophie Donohue Just Wanted To Be Like Every Other Little Girl. Which Is Why Her Mother, Janine, Reluctantly Agreed To Let Her Go On The Weekend Camping Trip With Her Brownie Troop. But When Janine Arrives To Pick Up Sophie After The Trip, Her Daughter Is Not With The Others. Somehow, Along The Forested Route From West Virginia, Sophie Has Disappeared. But Sophie Is No Ordinary Eight-year-old. She Suffers From A Rare Disease, And Janine Has Recently Enrolled Her In An Experimental Treatment As A Last Effort To Save Her Life—despite The Vehement Objections Of Her Ex-husband, Joe. Without Her Medication, Sophie Cannot Survive Long. All Her Mother's Instincts Tell Janine That Sophie Is Alive, But Time Is Running Out. Deep In The Virginia Forest, Another Drama Unfolds. Sophie Finds Refuge In A Remote Cabin Inhabited By Zoe, A Woman Who Wants Nothing To Do With The Child. Zoe Is Struggling To Save Her Own Daughter From The Law, And Sophie's Presence Jeopardizes Any Chance Of That Happening. She Is As Determined To Save Her Daughter As Janine Is To Save Sophie...and Only One Of Them Can Succeed. Eight-year-old Sophie Donohue just wants to be like everyone else in her Brownie troop. Which is why her mother, Janine, finally agrees to let Sophie go on a weekend camping trip with the other girls. But Sophie is no ordinary child--she suffers from a rare disease that requires constant treatment. When Sophie fails to return from the trip, Janine's worst fears turn to sheer panic. A full-scale search is mounted with no result, yet all her maternal instincts tell Janine that Sophie is still alive. Deep in the Virginia forest, another drama unfolds. Sophie finds refuge in a remote cabin inhabited by Zoe, a woman who wants nothing to do with the child. Zoe is struggling to save her own daughter from the law, and Sophie's presence jeopardizes any chance of that happening. She is as determined to save her daughter as Janine is to save Sophie ... and only one of them can succeed "Eight-year-old Sophie Donohue just wanted to be like every other little girl. Which is why her mother, Janine, reluctantly agreed to let her go on the weekend camping trip with her Brownie troop. But shen Janine arrives to pick up Sophie after the trip, her daughter is not among the others. Somehow, along the forested route from West Virginia. Sophie has disappeared."--Jacket