The whaler's daughter / Jerry Mikorenda.
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TextPublisher: Raleigh, NC : Fitzroy Books, an imprint of Regal House Publishing, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 254 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781646030705; 1646030702Subject(s): Whaling -- Fiction | Brothers -- Death -- Juvenile fiction | Killer whale -- Juvenile fiction | Fathers and daughters -- Fiction | Families -- Juvenile fiction | Whaling stations -- Juvenile fiction | New South Wales -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Australian fiction. | Young adult fiction. Summary: Savannah Dawson starts questioning everything she thought she knew about the orcas her family hunts, her family, and herself. In 1910, twelve-year-old Savannah lives with her widowed father on a whaling station in New South Wales, Australia. For generations, the Dawson family has carried on a very unusual way of life there. They use orcas to help them hunt whales. But Savannah believes the orcas hunted something else-her older brothers, who died mysteriously while fishing. Haunted by their deaths, Savannah wants to become a whaler to prove to her father that she's good enough to carry on the family legacy and avenge her slain brothers. Meeting an aboriginal boy, Figgie, changes that. Figgie helps Savannah to hone her whaling skills and teaches her about the Law of the Bay. When she is finally able to join the crew, Savannah learns just how dangerous the whole business is.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Young Adult | JF MIK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111083604692 |
Ages: 12+.
Savannah Dawson starts questioning everything she thought she knew about the orcas her family hunts, her family, and herself. In 1910, twelve-year-old Savannah lives with her widowed father on a whaling station in New South Wales, Australia. For generations, the Dawson family has carried on a very unusual way of life there. They use orcas to help them hunt whales. But Savannah believes the orcas hunted something else-her older brothers, who died mysteriously while fishing. Haunted by their deaths, Savannah wants to become a whaler to prove to her father that she's good enough to carry on the family legacy and avenge her slain brothers. Meeting an aboriginal boy, Figgie, changes that. Figgie helps Savannah to hone her whaling skills and teaches her about the Law of the Bay. When she is finally able to join the crew, Savannah learns just how dangerous the whole business is.
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