Whalesinger

A girl with a rare gift, a loss-haunted boy with a raw grudge, a ruthless treasure-hunter and a pair of whales connect in the eye of time.

Recommended age: 14 and up.

Hurt and angry after his brother's tragic death, seventeen-year-old Nick escapes the pressures of his family in Vancouver by working as a research assistant for a conservation group on the beautiful Point Reyes coastline of California. There he meets Marty and, against his will, finds himself drawn to her quiet, intense manner. Shy and intuitive, Marty discovers that she is able to communicate with a mother gray whale forced to summer nearby with her sick baby. When Nick and Marty learn that the conservation project is a front for a scheme to plunder the treasure of a sunken frigate abandoned by Sir Francis Drake during his circumnavigation of the world, a tense confrontation occurs that brings all the strands of this remarkable story together. Love, hate, anger and forgiveness fill this many-layered, deeply felt, and vividly written novel that builds to a riveting and unforgettable ending.

Some Comments About Whalesinger:

"...Expertly crafted story."
-- The Christian Science Monitor, May 10, 1991

"...A gripping and provocative novel."
-- Toronto Star, December 8, 1990

"...Highly recommended."
-- The Book Report, September-October, 1991

Hardcover edition, Groundwood Books, Toronto, Buffalo, 1990. ISBN 0-88899-113-4.
Softcover edition, Groundwood, 1993. ISBN 0-88899-191-6.
McElderry Books, New York, 1991. ISBN 0-689-50511-6.

Out of print, but autographed copies may be ordered from the author. Our Price $9.95. Go To Order Page

Foreign Editions:
Het Lied Van De Walvis (Dutch), Facet, Antwerp, 1997. ISBN 90-5016-223-1.
Wenn Wale Singen..., Boje Verlag, Erlangen, 1995. ISBN 3-414-88486-0
El canto de la ballena (Spanish), Zona Libre, Grupo Editorial norma, Bogota, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Guatemala, Lima, Mexico, Miami, Panama, Quito, San Jose, San Juan, San Salvador, Santiago de Chile, 1999. ISBN 958-04-5309-8.