Ben Zook has cobbled together his only two loves in his life-- books and birds-- by writing books about rare birds. Then a chase for a rare White-winged Tern takes him to the one place on earth he planned to never return: his Amish home in Stoney Ridge. He hires a local field guide, Micah Weaver, and boards at Micah's farm, planning to "bag the bird" and leave Stoney Ridge before anyone recognizes him. One long-ago summer Micah's sister, Penny, had introduced Ben to birding, even sharing with him a hidden eagle aerie-- and always hoped Ben would come back to Stoney Ridge. The only problem? Ben has absolutely no memory of Penny. -- adapted from back cover