The year is 1868, and fourteen-year-old Alika and his younger brother,
Sulu, are hunting for seals on an ice floe attached to their island in
the Arctic. Suddenly the ice starts to shake, and they hear a loud
crack--the terrible sound of the floe breaking free from land. The boys
watch with horror as the dark expanse of water between the ice and the
shore rapidly widens, and they start drifting south--away from their
home, their family, and everything they've ever known.
Throughout their six-month-long journey down the Greenland Strait, the
brothers face bitter cold, starvation, and most frightening of all,
vicious polar bears. But they still remain hopeful that one day they'll
be rescued.
This thrilling new adventure story from bestselling author Theodore
Taylor is a moving testament to the bond between brothers--and to the
strength of the human spirit.
Includes a map, a glossary of Inuit words and phrases, and an author's
note..