Tabiji

Yan hated when her mother was right. She had told her over and over, "Only bad things will happen if you go out to sea." And they had. As she stroked Lykos (her dog's) soft gray nose, Yan reflected how, in just three weeks, everything went wrong.

Yan is a girl from the Far Country who's father leaves every year to trade. But when he dies Yan takes up his boat and role and sets of to make money for her mother. Or so she tells herself, But what Yan really wants is an adventure. And she gets one.