After his mother’s death, fourteen-year-old Zac Morgan struggles with guilt, nightmares, school, and life on his family’s Eastern Montana ranch. As calving season and ranch work force painful memories to the surface, Zac and his father must learn how to face grief together. A contemporary YA western about family, horses, healing, and hope.

Bar M Ranch

Stories of family, grit, healing, and life on the Montana range

From the time he could walk, Zac Morgan followed Grandpa Harvey across the Bar M Ranch. Harvey taught him about horses, cattle, roping, hard work, and family. After Harvey’s death, Zac must learn how to hold on to his grandfather’s lessons and carry his legacy forward through a buckskin colt named Charger.