There are no polar bears left on Bear Island. at least, that's what April's father tells her when his scientific research takes them to this remote Arctic outpost for six months.

But one endless summer night, April meets one. He is starving, lonely and a long way from home. Determined to save him, april begins the most important journey of her life...

One day, a whale swam up the Thames in London and made an environmental plea to the first person he met. Michael, the boy he meets, thinks it is a dream but the creature is real and he believes that only an open-minded child can deliver the whales message to the world.