A storm at sea in a small boat, a stubborn teenager, an encouraging father, a striving stepmother, a new love relationship, and a terrible disaster...All, and more, are tumbled into this story of a nearly-grown boy confronting the challenges of coming of age. It is a story that will ring clearly in the minds of young readers—male and female—as they too face the pains and joys of transition out of their teenage years.And as he struggles, adult readers will a...

In the wilderness of culture conflict, maturation, and Alaska, three teenagers struggle to control their lives…Catherine and Cal are starting their high school senior year in a small, isolated fishing town, and Paul is beginning his seventh-grade adventure. All must decide how to meet the many worlds of society and nature menacing their snug, routine lives.But brewing conditions of events beyond their control force them to confront decisions that shatter th...