Courage Tree

by Diane Chamberlain (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2001

  $8.33

  The story begins with the disappearance of nine-year-old Sophie and her parents' frantic search. As Sophie struggles for survival she discovers a run-down cabin and its mysterious tenant. Gabriella, a recluse, longs to help Sophie but can't risk the discovery of a secret that could ruin her. When it becomes apparent that Sophie's health is failing, Gabriella has to make a decision -- between her own life and that of an innocent child.

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $20.23

  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.