In the land of Patagonia, Argentina, a boy becomes a man by proving he is strong enough and brave enough to face the puma. Young Auki yearns to show his father he is worthy but his father says not yet. So in the year that he stands "as straight as a spear," Auki slips away secretly to find the puma and face it down. Through the grasslands and the canyons Auki climbs seeking the perfect place to wait and watch. What he is about to discover will startle, frighten and then stretch the world beyond its recognizable boundaries as T.A.Barron leads us into the Cave of Hands...a mysterious place, infused with ghosts and colorful waving hands. Ghost hands. Can you feel them? Can you see them? What are they trying to tell you? Beware the puma, young Auki. On the walls of this magical cave, there are thousands of painted hands and just one foot and that foot is the spark that leads us through an adventure of courage and offers us the opportunity to stop and honor the lives and souls of the thousands of people who walked through these same canyons armed with their hopes, their dreams and their bravery. This is the perfect book to take our children beyond their known walls and this is the perfect book to teach our children their connections to all who inhabit our world and the generations who came before them. Best of all, this is the perfect book to awaken our children's dreams, imagination and most of all, the courage they will need on their own journey. Ages 5-10 40 pages