Young readers will thrill to this breathless story of courage and determinationset in the Alaska wilderness. Abandoned by their mother in Seattle thirteenyearol... » 

Young readers will thrill to this breathless story of courage and determinationset in the Alaska wilderness. Abandoned by their mother in Seattle thirteenyearold twins Annie and David Ross enlist the help of Lars Hansen an elderlycommercial fisherman to find their father in Alaska. In late November whenmost fishing vessels are decommissioned for the winter the trio sets out fromPuget Sound in a fortyfoot salmon troller for an eighthundredmile journeyalong the Inside Passage.Pursued by the authorities as runaways and with Larss health failing thethree experience one adventure after another as they inch their way Norththrough terrifying winter storms and frightening encounters with strangers. Inthe process Annie and David also make new lasting friendships and kindlepersonal reserves of strength that they didnt know existed. «