In 1910, twelve-year-old Savannah lives with her widowed father on a
whaling station in New South Wales, Australia. For generations, the
Dawson family has carried on a very unusual way of life there. They use
orcas to help them hunt whales. But Savannah believes the orcas hunted
something else--her older brothers, who died mysteriously while fishing.
Haunted by their deaths, Savannah wants to become a whaler to prove to
her father that she's good enough to carry on the family legacy and
avenge her slain brothers. Meeting an aboriginal boy, Figgie, changes
that. Figgie helps Savannah to hone her whaling skills and teaches her
about the Law of the Bay. When she is finally able to join the crew,
Savannah learns just how dangerous the whole business is. A whale
destroys her boat and Savannah sinks into the shark-infested waters.
That's when the mysterious spirit orca Jungay returns to rescue her, and
she vows to protect the creatures. That vow tests her mettle when the
rapacious owner of a fishing fleet captures the orca pod and plans to
slaughter them.