M. P. H. Deborah Dunn D.

Before History… Jera lives high in the Zagros Mountains with her family. Her family is a little stranger than most: it includes a snow leopard named Fahd, who was born alongside Jera one snowy winter night. This year, Jera is finally old enough to join the hunters of her clan as they leave to travel to the distant grasslands in search of food. She can't wait to wander far and wide - and bring down prey of her own, like she's seen Fahd do...

Havva lives in Ice Age Europe, where her people hunt majestic wild animals and harvest herbs, roots, and berries from the land. She has always wanted to be a hunter, but her grandmother says he clan needs her to be a healer instead. Havva isn't sure healing is a useful skill, until her whole family falls ill with a dangerous sickness. With her grandmother sick, Havva knows she is the only one, who can find the magic herb that will allow her family...