It’s springtime in Nunavut, Canada, and children on Baffin Island are enjoying “the promise of long summer days and warm sunshine.” After an argument with his parents about school, David goes for a walk. Annoyingly, his younger brother, Samuel, tags along. David heads to the beach and starts running out onto the chunks of floating ice, despite adults’ warnings—after all, kids sometimes slip beneath the ice pans and disappear. Eventually he realizes how far he’s traveled from shore—and that he’s not alone. Two terrifying creatures have emerged from the sea, and soon David is caught in a tug of war between the monsters. David, who’s “tired of listening to adults,” dismisses his grandfather’s stories about the creatures—and he must deal with grief and guilt as consequences. The authors, co-founders of the Inuit-owned publisher, draw from traditional Inuit stories about the child-snatching qallupilluit, seamlessly melding contemporary and timeless elements. Each two-page spread features a full-page illustration facing a page of text with Inuktitut at the top and English beneath. The masterful, painterly art by Inuk illustrator Kyak-Monteith balances the bright white of the ice, the dark blue of the sea, and the emerging spring vegetation. Glimpses of houses and home interiors add to the sense of place, and the visual interpretation of the qallupilluit is distinct, memorable, and deliciously ghoulish.