The Hill of Adventure

"The Hill of Adventure" by Adair Aldon is a coming-of-age story set in the early 1900s, focusing on sixteen-year-old Beatrice Deems's relocation to a small Montana town named Ely with her family. Thrust into a life of rugged exploration and uncharted interactions with the locals, Beatrice rises to meet the demands and responsibilities of a mountain landscape as she cares for her ailing aunt and comes to terms with her family's new start. Eager to make this strange land a home, Beatrice prepares to ride Buck, her new horse, and traverse the wild, mountainous terrain that surrounds her new residence. The Deems's recent move was prompted by Aunt Anna's declining health. Beatrice grapples with her new life in the mountains, setting the scene for wild new adventures, encounters with neighbors, and a growing sense of the mysterious circumstances that plague the nearby mining town.