When Ursa fought back, the situation turned violent, with the two men murdering Portia. Ursa reveals that earlier in the summer the two men (known as Jimmie Acer and Cory) had been doing drugs with her young single mother, Portia, when they began to attempt to molest Ursa. After various social workers try and fail to receive more information from Ursa, they allow Jo to visit her in an attempt to learn more about the situation. She learns from her visitors that Ursa is in the same hospital under police guard. Ursa and Jo are both hit, but Gabe is able to kill both of the men. As they prepare to run into the woods, Gabe quickly arrives in his car and exchanges fire with the two men. Jo discerns that there are two men with guns on the property. That night, as Jo and Ursa sleep, Jo is awakened by the sound of her dog frantically barking, suddenly cut off by the sound of gunshots. One night, the Jo, Gabe, and Ursa are followed most of the way home by a car after they had dinner at an out-of-the-way pizza place that was populated by tough-looking locals. Gabe has obstacles such as social anxiety and a non-supportive family. Jo and Gabe slowly begin to develop romantic feelings for one another, a process that is complicated by the recent passing of Jo’s parents and her recent survival of breast cancer. Jo and Gabe continue to trade off babysitting Ursa, quickly developing a strong, family-like bond between the three of them. Gabe sells eggs from his family farm at a roadside stand. As the days pass, and Jo and Ursa spend more time together, Jo enlists the help of Gabe, a painfully shy young man who is her closest neighbor. The police officer is unconcerned about the issue. Jo calls the police to help reunite the girl with her family, but Ursa runs away.
She has decided to inhabit the body of an already-deceased young girl. The girl, who goes by the name Ursa, claims to be an alien who has come from another planet. One night, on returning home to her secluded cabin, she sees a young, bruised girl in the woods. Jo is a postgraduate ornithologist who is spending the summer in rural Illinois, where she is hard at work on a research project in the field.
The following edition of this book was used to write this study guide: Vanderah, Glendy.
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