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Hautala, Beth.
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“Talia McQuinn is much too old to
believe in magic, yet she keeps a jar of wishes under her
bed. When her whale-researcher father drags Tal to the
arctic for the summer following her mother's death, she
brings the jar along. During her stay, Tal learns the
ancient Inuit legend of the narwhal whale—the unicorn of
the sea—and she forms a plan to make the biggest wish of
her life. When the entire population of whales in the
Hudson Bay mysteriously disappears, and an accident
endangers the life of her new friend, Tal must confront
the truth: no wish on earth can grant escape from her
heartache, or bring her mother back. But sometimes, the
release of one wish makes way for the granting of
another.”–From the author’s website (Vermont
DCF Book Award 2017) |
| SUBJECTS: Arctic regions-- Fiction. Grief -- Fiction. |
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