When the Whales Leave

This fable of an indigenous Arctic people "offers profound considerations about stewardship of and people's relationships to the natural world" (Publishers Weekly).

Nau cannot remember a time when she was not one with the world around her: with the fast breeze, the green grass, the high clouds, and the endless blue sky above the Shingled Spit. But her greatest joy is to visit the sea, where whales gather every morning to gaily spout rainbows.

Then one day, she finds a man in the mist where...