Author: Tomson Highway
Illustrator: Brian Deubes
Publication Date: 2001 (original), 2012 (reprint)
Publisher: Fifth House, a publisher focused on the Canadian West with advocacy for diversity and Native cultures
Joe and Cody, young Cree brothers, are interrupted during a time of play by the sudden engulfed by a caribou herd; with their parents seemingly missing, they embrace the caribou spirit.
UCDSB Reads Team Lead: Dave Balfour
Dave Balfour - Principal, Terri-Lynn Purdy - parent, Brady Munro - student, Palmer Munro - student, Kadian Moran - student, and Katherine Pillworth - Head Librarian at Pakenahm Public Library.