杰克不像其他船长。渔民们都说他很奇怪，但杰克关心一样东西：一头背鳍有疤的灰鲸，几年前，这头鲸吞下了他的儿子朱洛斯。杰克发誓，找不到朱洛斯他就不会回家，即使他会因此丧命。后来，在一个普通的夜晚，杰克看到有什么东西在他的船的周围潜行。他奋不顾身地进入鲸鱼黑漆漆的嘴里。但是他会不会来得太晚了呢？一个人在鲸鱼的肚子里孤零零地过了几年之后，他的儿子还认得出他吗？

Jack is not like other sea captains. Fishermen say he’s weird, but Jack only cares about one thing: the grey whale with the scarred dorsal fin, the one who swallowed up his son, Julos, years before. Jack promises he will not come home without Julos, even if it means losing himself in the process. Then, on a night like any other, Jack sees something lurking around his boat. He throws himself into the whale’s dark mouth. But is he too late? Will his son recognize him after years of being alone?

Poignant, original, and vibrant, this contemporary nautical fable journeys into the heart of the human spirit, and will move readers young and old.

Winner of the 2019 Governor General’s Award for Youth Literature—French Language