A nine year old boy is the sole survivor of a plane crash that kills his parents.
Nine-year-old Corky manages to miraculously survive the plane crash that kills his parents and everyone else aboard. He faces a struggle for his life in the freak snow storm that downed the plane, alone in a vast wilderness. A chance meeting with Jan Whittier several months later determines both their fates, and whether or not Corky can be "tamed."
Excerpt
I couldn't believe what I saw, for the eyes were wilder than many of the animal eyes I'd seen, but this little wild thing that was obviously poised for flight was human. At least, I thought it was human; it was hard to tell under such a matted, tangled mass of hair. And it was wearing clothes...or rather, what perhaps used to be clothes, but were now tattered and torn to shredded rags. Both child and rags were filthy.
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The bulk of the collection is eight short stories that are set in yesteryear. The compilation is filled out with four entertaining fantasy pieces and three poems.
