The perfect Shelter Behavior Book
 
The story opens with two sisters building a den together in the woods. They feel invincible – they are the perfect team with a perfect shelter –  surely their special bond of friendship will last forever? But this is before the storm comes, the ‘river of rain’, and the lightning strike that destroys their refuge and shakes the foundations of everything they once relied upon.
The older sister becomes seriously ill (cancer is implied but not specified)  and is admitted to hospital. The family are knocked for six: our small protagonist is worried, angry, confused and lonely. Nothing feels right without her sister by her side.
Time passes, rain makes way for a blanket of snow, and the older sister is ‘stronger and brighter’. She has energy to play and smile again, and with the loving support of the whole family, the sisters find the strength and hope to think about the future and to plan for their eagerly anticipated return to the woods.