Pack your bags and come aboard the Alaskan-based cruise ship, Northwind, with fifteen-year-old Sara Alexander. It could be the best summer ever with exotic ports, glaciers, the Northern Lights, whales, Charlie the harbor seal, guitars, new friends, and the whole crew waiting - if only Sara can stop missing her dad and best friends, and survive sharing a cabin with her workaholic "Queen Mother the Cruise Director" who drives her insane. Don't let the Northwind sail without you