Book is in French Traditional Indigenous stories about the sky and constellations meet the legend of Narnia in this epic fantasy series for tweens, written by award-winning author David A. Robertson. Morgan and Eli, two young Indigenous people forced to leave their family and community, are reunited in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They feel disconnected from their culture, but also from each other, and struggle to integrate at school and in their new home... until they discover a secret place, walled in an unfinished attic room . A portal opens to another reality. Askí, leading them to frozen and barren lands, where they meet an Ochek (a fisherman). The only hunter to provide for his starving community, Misewa, the Ochek welcomes human children and teaches them traditional methods of survival. When the need for food is dire, they embark on a dangerous mission. Accompanied by Arik, a cheeky squirrel they caught flying on the hunting line, they try to save Misewa before winter freezes everything, including them.