When Akela makes his first trading voyage with his wise grandfather, he learns that it takes courage, knowledge, and wisdom to cross the Pacific Ocean in a sailing canoe without compass or chart. Includes historical note.
Themes
Genres: Non-Fiction
Categories: Beautiful Life
Content: STEM
Settings: Pacific Islands
Tribal Affiliation/Homelands: Unspecified
Immigration: Non-Immigrant
Gender: Boy/Man, Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Asian/Pacific Islander/Asian American, First/Native Nations/American Indian/Indigenous
Character Prominence: Joint Main, Secondary