The Wayfinder (ABCXYZ Primer 3)

Ebook

The Wayfinder is the final installment in this first time author's trilogy. Abby Sixes is the sixteen year old girl from many lands who agrees to recover a hidden bin of important papers that her grandparents had buried in 1976 on a remote island in Micronesia. At the time, it was a reasonable idea for a newly married teenage couple about to leave the Pacific islands for a new life. After four decades, it seemed unlikely that it could be done. For Abby, this means calling upon her survival skills as a wayfinder- someone trained to voyage by sun, moon, stars, wind and wave patterns, sea life, and bird migration without modern instrumentation. She had already faced her great dread in returning to Yap Island to meet Bi'gel M'uw. She thought she had killed him in an accident when she was twelve years old, but found out in the second book that not only was he still alive, but had built a beautiful sailing canoe for her to use for her voyages. The story chronicles her journey and the events that makes it life changing. Dolphins, pirates, a typhoon, shipwreck, and frigate birds all contribute to the timeline. The finding of the bin and the dilemma of what to do with it is not the climax. It is the news of Bi'gel's death and the funeral procession that was supposed to end the story that opens the door for an interesting future.