Hunter in the Dark

Mike's got it made. He's a star on the high school basketball team. His girlfriend is the gorgeous Gloria Hlady. And he about to go on a hunting trip with his best friend Doug. But then he collapses on the basketball court and his parents won't tell the results of the hospital tests. Mike's search for answers leads on a dangerous and lonely wilderness quest.

A teenage boy goes on a secret hunting trip alone in an effort to come to terms with his leukemia and to test his strength and resourcefulness in battling the elements and stalking the white-tailed deer that is his quarry.

An internationally-renowned children’ s author, Monica Hughes was a master of science fiction and fantasy writing. She was the recipient of numerous awards and was the author of "The Isis Trilogy" and "A Handful of Seeds," Monica Hughes passed away in 2003.