Augie West is living his solitary daily routine in the shadows of the majestic Teton Range as foreman of three-hundred-acre Six Dawns Ranch. Meanwhile, over a thousand miles away, eight-year-old Rose Lawson is emancipated from Whispering Woods Children's Home after witnessing her mother's murder by her father's hand, and is relocated by her grandfather to the ranch that has been in the family for three-quarters of a century. Rose and Augie are thrust into a new life with one another-further complicated by Rose's suffering from selective mutism and Augie's Wild West ways.

Attend a powwow on the Range River Reservation, fly in a Piper Cub as Augie navigates a treacherous crossing of the Teton mountains, and ride along on a harrowing white water rafting adventure down the Snake River.

Racing the Wind is a captivating tale of love, loss, healing and courage, illuminating the spirit of the family we are born into and the family we create.