Blue Mountain
By: by Martine Leavitt
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781554984244
Subjects: Bighorn sheep; Juvenile fiction; Sheep; Survival; Endangered species
Description: When young Tuk is born on the mountain, life is simple for a young bighorn. Run, jump and play with his bandmates, eat and grow strong. But soon it will be up to Tuk to lead the herd to a new mountain he has seen far to the west. It will be a long journey filled with dangers. Wolf, bear, wolverine, puma -- and man. -- As the journey lengthens, it becomes more urgent. Swamps and impenetrable forests block their path. Hungry predators demand their due. Human highways and machines and dwellings contaminate formerly pristine valleys. Yet Tuk finds a way, with the help of his friend Rim, the loyal ewe, Dall, and his trust in Blue Mountain -- a place where the bighorn can live in peace, on the gifts that the mountain provides.