A young Texan girl called Esther is participating in an archaeological dig, back to the time of the mammoth and her Clovis ancestors, the early hunter gatherers who were Northern America's first inhabitants. Esther experiences a very different kind of childhood. Will she get back to her own time?

This action-packed time travel book takes a young Texan girl called Esther who is participating in an archaeological dig, back to the time of the mammoth and her Clovis ancestors, the early hunter gatherers who were Northern America's first inhabitants. Esther experiences a very different kind of childhood, where play is practice for survival, no next meal is guaranteed, and humans are prey for mammoths, saber-tooth cats, and more. Will she get back to her own time? And what does it mean if you die before you were born?