With the end of World War II, Gavin and Norah, who had been sent to Canada for safety, must return to England after a five year absence, and Gavin is faced with the difficult choice of leaving his beloved Canadian family and his best friends.
Fourteen-year-old Jamie has second thoughts about harboring a killer whale that his father and he captured off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia and plan to sell to a sea amusement park.