While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen- year old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
Explains how the animal and human inhabitants of the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, including a mountain lion, a roadrunner, a coyote, a tortoise, and members of the Papago Indian tribe, adapt to and survive the desert's merciless heat.
Presents basic wilderness survival training and sustainability, including how to build a fire, find potable water, navigate by the stars, and identify poisonous plants.
When his older sister Julie brings home two small wolf pups, Amaroq takes care of the one called Nutik and grows to love it, even though Julie tells him it cannot stay.