Still battered from the car crash that took her mother's life, Jess is sent to live in the remote Canadian wilderness with Carl, the father she barely remembers - and then he's murdered. This leaves Jess in the wilderness with no shelter and just her father's wolf-dog Bo. With brains and ingenuity compensating for her physical weakness, Jess finds shelter, makes fire, and feeds and protects herself and Bo. Winter is quickly approaching. Can she survive?