Martin Marten is a richly imaginative coming-of-age novel set on Oregon’s Mount Hood, known to the Multnomah people as Wy’east. Fourteen-year-old Dave lives with his family in a cabin on the mountain’s slopes, on the cusp of high school and the uncertain freedoms of adulthood.

At the same time, Martin, a young pine marten of the mustelid family, is leaving his own mother and siblings to fend for himself in the wild. As summer unfolds, Dave’s human world and Martin’s forest life begin to intersect in unexpected, quietly magical ways.

Brian Doyle braids these parallel journeys into a single, playful narrative that celebrates wilderness, family ties, and the mysteries of growing up. The novel balances humour and tenderness while honouring the landscape of Oregon’s soaring mountain wilderness.

Highlights

• Interwoven stories of a teen boy and a wild pine marten
• Vivid portrait of life on and around Mount Hood (Wy’east)
• Explores family, independence, and the natural world
• Warm, rollicking narrative voice with a sense of wonder

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