Emily, Moonshine and Sister Goose

Steve Pitt is a Toronto-based freelance writer and an award-winning journalist. He has written many young adult and children's books, including Day of the Flying Fox: The True Story of World War II Pilot Charley Fox.

Emily is a young white girl. Moonshine is a young Inuit girl. The two
have been pen pals for more than a year but have never met. One day,
Emily finds a giant Canada goose that has injured its foot. In return
for being nursed back to health, the grateful bird grants Emily a wish.
Emily decides she would like to visit Moonshine in the land of the
Inuit. The huge goose tells Emily to climb on its back, and after a
thrilling ride over the mountains Emily is finally face to face with her
pen pal. Moonshine presents Emily with a bouquet of Arctic flowers and
shows her new friends around the tundra, where they meet many Arctic
animals. All too soon, it is time for Emily to return home, but the
girls know they will remain friends forever.

Susanne Lansonius’s prose is tight and literate but the plot lacks
real surprise. What holds the reader’s attention are Lansonius’s
extremely realistic animal portraits grafted onto colorful landscapes.
The net effect is a blend of fantasy adventure and National Geographic.
Recommended.