Deanna M Shaw-Berget

The Tamarack Deanna M Shaw-Berget

Growing up in Western Montana meant hunting, and fishing, and jumping in the creek. Friendships are everything. Life is simple. But the summer before Carter Erlundson's 8th grade year, a new girl moves into town. She is cute, and fun, and an environmentalist. Carter has to balance his interest in her with his best friend, Eddie, who can't stand her. But Eddie has troubles of his own that quickly overwhelm him, and Carter is confronted with a loss so huge, he feels he must be responsible for it. With one tragedy barely behind him, he is confronted by a quickly moving forest fire and must make life and death decisions. Family, friendship, and faith are tested, by feelings of guilt and shame as Carter discovers he is not the only one who has reason to feel guilty.