An incentive tale of courage, community, the power of storytelling, and the benefits of living in harmony and balance with natural resources and others. The writing is clear and simple, but the themes and some of the content are fairly mature. And some of the plot points and mechanics didn't quite make sense to me. Overall, though, a solid fantasy adventure for middle graders.

Content notes: marauding destructive colonizers, torture, war, loss of family, emotional trauma and depiction of PTSD symptoms