The Listening Silence by Phyllis Root

Book has been read but is in good condition. Kiri is only five years old when her parents fail to return from a hunting trip. She spends many days alone until she is found by Mali, who becomes her guardian. Mali is a powerful healer who can cure pain and sickness with the touch of his hand. But his gift is not without price--Mali is old and tired. Kiri shares Mali's gift of healing, but she is tormented by it. She does not have Mali's strength nor the selflessness to take on someone else's pain. She does not want to be a healer. So, in the winter of her thirteenth year, she sets out alone over the frozen wilderness to seek a vision--a message from the spirit world that will seal her fate.