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As this high-adventure sequel to Bearstone opens, Cloyd Atcitty and his rancher friend Walter are riding once more into the mountains, this time chasing the old man's dream of finding a lost Spanish gold mine. But the report of a mother grizzly with cubs sets Cloyd dreaming of grizzlies, not gold. Up in the high country Cloyd meets a remarkable woman named Ursa, a grizzly expert who is out searching for the bears. Together they find them, the last grizzlies in Colorado. But when the cubs are orphaned in an accident, it's up to Cloyd, staying on alone in the mountains, to keep them alive.

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Awards and Honors for BEARDANCE
Best Books for Young Adults, American Library Association (ALA)
Pick of the Lists, American Booksellers
Winner, Western Writers of America Spur Award
Winner, Colorado Book Award (Colorado Center for the Book)
Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library

Hardcover & paperback publisher: Simon & Schuster