Lost in the Barrens — Farley Mowat

Lost in the Barrens is an adventure story that takes place in northern Manitoba and southwestern North West Territories in 1935. It tells a coming of age tale of two boys in their late teens, one a white boy who has recently lost his parents, the other a Cree boy from a tribe living nearby. The boys embark on a mission to relieve the starvation of a neighboring village, occupied by the Chipewyan, but due to a series of unfortunate events become trapped above the tree line in Canada's northern Barren Lands during winter.