Set in 1865, this book is part prairie survival story, part Oregon Trail story and part settling of the Pacific Northwest and all quality historical fiction. Teenagers Aiden and Maddie Lynch are the only survivors of their once numerous family. Their parents tried hard to escape famine in Ireland...
Broken masts were salvaged from the shores of the islands, and lumber was scooped from the sea, where random bits floated in the filthy waves. Besides the obvious physical damage to the ships, the wave had left behind a thousand small catastrophes. Chickens and livestock had all been washed off t...