This stunning novel from the survival story master, set along a rugged coastline centuries ago, does for the ocean what Hatchet does for the woods, as it relates the story of a young person’s battle to stay alive against the odds, where the high seas meet a coastal wilderness. When a deadly plague reaches the small fish camp where he lives, an orphan named Leif is forced to take to the water in a cedar canoe. He flees northward, following a wild, fjord-riven shore, navigating from one danger to the next, unsure of his destination. Yet the deeper into his journey he paddles, the closer he comes to his truest self as he connects to “the heartbeat of the ocean... the pulse of the sea.”...
Language: English Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (January 11, 2022) Pages: 256 pages ISBN-13: 978-0374314200 Dimensions: 5.7 x 0.94 x 8.47 inches
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