Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-323).

Kinship -- Noise -- Birds -- Gathering -- Long dance -- Birth -- Stolen -- Blood cover -- Follow -- Rescue -- Longboats -- Sea shake -- Deception pass -- Wave -- Land's end -- Seal -- Lost -- Blue wilderness -- Vanished kinship -- Hunt -- Homeward -- Found -- Hunger -- Salmon -- Kinship -- The southern resident -- Killer whale community -- Map of Vega's Salish Sea -- About orcas -- Orca communication -- Orca teeth -- Orca families -- Salmon -- The First Nations of the Salish Sea -- The habitats of the Salish Sea region -- Dangers in the Salish Sea -- How can I help the orcas?.

"For [the killer whale] Vega and her family, salmon is life. And Vega is learning to be a salmon finder, preparing for the day when she will be her family's matriarch. But then she and her brother Deneb are separated from their pod when a devastating earthquake and tsunami render the seascape unrecognizable. Vega must use every skill she has to lead her brother back to their family. The young orcas face a shark attack, hunger, the deep ocean, and polluted waters on their journey. Will Vega become the leader she's destined to be?"--Publisher's description.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.6 5 509239.