Salt Bear

Salt Bear is a novel for young adults that brings alive mythic creatures of the American west: Salt Bear, “whose fur” becomes luminous” beneath a full moon; Buddy the jackalope, who has prong horns just above big, floppy, rabbit-like ears; and Old Rombo, a cactus mule deer buck with hundreds of points growing from his huge rack of horns.

In an adventure story that moves through the mountains of Western Colorado and Eastern Utah, the three friends go on an epic quest where good and evil creatures take them from everyday lives toward discoveries that help them understand who they are and what their role in life should be.