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224 pp.
| Harcourt |
January, 2005 |
TradeISBN 0-15-205081-7$16.00
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4-6
During an ill-fated seal hunting trip, Alika, an Inuit boy, and his younger brother become stranded on an ice floe in the Arctic Ocean. In this novel set in 1868, the boys survive six months of polar bear attacks, near starvation, and extreme weather before arriving home. Taylor includes many details of Inuit culture throughout an otherwise routine survival story.