If you're looking for action, you'd be better served looking elsewhere. It's a short book, though (about 260 pages in paperback), and you haven't wasted a lot of time if you read it and don't like it. It's pretty much 230 pages of a little girl lost in the woods, and how she survives. There's a creature of sorts stalking her, trying to scare her. She listens to the Boston Red Sox on her walkman radio from time to time, and that link to society is what keeps her going. Tom Gordon is her favorite player. And, there you pretty much have it. There's a lot of character development in this one, so if that's your cup of tea, you'll probably like it. I personally prefer more plot and action.