Charlie brings home Blue Sky, a baby raven with a big personality. Blue Sky imprints on Charlie and becomes a great friend and a source of amazement to the whole family. Granddad, an old naturalist, is intrigued, and he does seem to get better-- at least for a while.

But caring for a wild creature is very demanding, and as Blue Sky grows, Charlie must find a way to protect him from many dangers--both natural and human-made-- in the rugged Teton Mountains where they live.

Weaving natural history, myth, and a family narrative about life and death, Jean Craighead George demonstrates once again why she is one of the most admired children's writers today. Blue Sky will take his place in the reader's heart beside Frightful of  My Side of the Mountain as one of the author's most compelling animal characters.