The Whale People (Junior Canadian Classic)
Edition: Spi edition
Publisher: Harbour Publishing
Published: March 28, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781550172775
Subjects: Fiction; Social Issues - Adolescence; Juvenile Fiction; Children's 12-Up - Fiction - History; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9); Historical - Canada - Pre-Confederation (to 1867); People & Places - United States - Native American; Children's 12/Up / Fiction / History; Cultural Region/Canadian; Ethnic Orientation/Native American; Indians of North America; Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867); Juvenile Fiction/People & Places - United States - Native American; Juvenile Fiction/Social Issues - Adolescence; Pacific Coast (B.C.); Topical/Adolescence/Coming of Age; People & Places - Canada/Native Canadian
First sentence: It was a hot day, with a westerly wind, but inside Kashutl Inlet, behind the rock bluffs of the northern shore, the water was still as glass.
Description: Young Atlin must one day succeed his father Nit-gass, a great whaling chief of the Hotsath people. The boy trains for his role with the mixture of yearning and apprehension experienced by every youth racing toward adulthood - except that in Atlin's case, his whole community is depending on his success.