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A whale of the wild / Rosanne Parry ; illustrations by Lindsay Moore.

Parry, Rosanne, (author.). Moore, Lindsay, 1983- (illustrator.).

Summary:

For Vega and her family, salmon is life. And Vega is learning to be a salmon finder, preparing for the day when she will be her family's matriarch. But then she and her brother Deneb are separated from their pod when a devastating earthquake and tsunami render the seascape unrecognizable. Vega must use every skill she has to lead her brother back to their family. The young orcas face a shark attack, hunger, the deep ocean, and polluted waters on their journey. Will Vega become the leader she's destined to be?

Record details

ISBN: 9780062995926
Physical Description: 323 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, New York : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Kinship -- Noise -- Birds -- Gathering -- Long dance -- Birth -- Stolen -- Blood cover -- Follow -- Rescue -- Longboats -- Sea shake -- Deception pass -- Waves -- Land's end -- Seal -- Lost -- Blue wilderness -- Vanished kinship -- Hunt -- Homeward -- Found -- Hunger -- Salmon -- Kinship -- The southern resident -- Killer whale community -- Map of Vega's Salish Sea -- About orcas -- Orca communication -- Orca teeth -- Orca families -- Salmon -- The First Nations of the Salish Sea -- The habitats of the Salish Sea region -- Dangers in the Salish Sea -- How can I help the orcas?.