Weeks pass,
to her they are nameless,
they are fading and growing light,
the warming of weather.
On this day, she wakes,
and begins to walk.
It´s a summer of firsts for twelve-year-old Leila: her first time traveling alone, first time apart from Amma and her cousin Mona, and first time seeing her mother, a climate scientist in Norway, since war forced their family from Syria six years ago.
Together, Leila and her mother´s research team follow the migration of a tiny Arctic fox, Miso, across ice floes and international borders, hopeful the midnight sun will illuminate how to adapt to a constantly changing world.
The Arctic Circle is nothing like Leila has ever imagined-so bright and brutal and undeniably wild. It tests her in every way: her understanding of home and what it means to belong, her determination to do what´s right, and her belief in how much is possible in even the most impossible of situations.
Inspired by an Arctic fox´s real 2,000-mile trek across continents, Miso's and Leila´s entwined journeys offer hope in the face of an uncertain future and reinforce that even the smallest voices can make the biggest impact.