help with a favour for a friend

A friend of mine is looking for a Father’s Day gift for her step-father. He mentioned to her one time that he had read a book as a child that he dearly loved and would love a copy of it. Now, I have read a *lot *of books, but the description sounds like an urban legend that he has confused with a book to me.

Supposedly the plot of the story is that a girl is lost in the woods for a few weeks. Finally, she happens upon a hunter, and as she gets his attention, he shoots in her direction, killing the bear that had been stalking her the whole time.

If anyone knows the name of this book, please let me know for my friend. Thanks!

That’s a lot like The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King, but your friend’s step-father would have to be AWFULLY young to have read it as a child.