Spring Is Forever — Hazel Berto

Reluctant Voyager

Standing on the deck of the Yukon riverboat, staring at the fast-receding shoreline, pretty Kathy Arnold couldn't have felt more miserable. Once the idea of going into the Alaskan wilderness to keep house for her brother, Peter, had seemed terribly exciting…but not now. Now Kathy didn't want to leave home and all her friends -- especially her boyfriend, Arnie. She wasn't interested in gaining the “broader perspective and maturity” her father talked about. At “almost 18”, Kathy felt grown up enough -- except when her brother's irritating friend Carl Stowe insisted on treating her like a baby! Resigned to “losing” a year out of her life, Kathy was prepared to put up with Alaska -- counting the days until spring when she could go home again -- never dreaming that when spring came, “home” would have an entirely different meaning for her…

Hero: Carl Stowe
Heroine: Kathy Arnold