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.
- ISBN: 9781949567106
- Author: Smith, Michael
- Illustrator: Garner Roski, Gayle
- Published: 2019 , Discovery Press
- Themes: action and adventure, Boats and ships, grandfather and grandchild, multigenerational, Ocean
- Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania
- No. of pages: 38