Young readers will thrill to this breathless story of courage and determination set in the Alaska wilderness. Abandoned by their mother in Seattle thirteenyearold twins Annie and David Ross enlist the help of Lars Hansen an elderly commercial fisherman to find their father in Alaska. In late November when most fishing vessels are decommissioned for the winter the trio sets out from Puget Sound in a fortyfoot salmon troller for an eighthundredmile journey along the Inside Passage.Pursued by the authorities as runaways and with Larss health failing the three experience one adventure after another as they inch their way North through terrifying winter storms and frightening encounters with strangers. In the process Annie and David also make new lasting friendships and kindle personal reserves of strength that they didnt know existed.