What's your adventure? For the traveler in this book, it's canoeing down the mighty Hudson River. Starting in mountain wilderness, she heads downstream on one of America's great rivers with little more than her canoe, her paddle, and her wits. She must navigate rapids, dams, storms, a moose! Will she reach her destination? From Caldecott Honor-winning author Elisha Cooper comes a story of discovery: how we learn to see the beauty in the world around us, and the strength inside us. A riveting journey of finding ourselves - then finding our way home. -- From dust jacket.