Sherpa guides depend on yaks when they lead climbers into the Hima layas. Knowing that his father and brother were leading an expedition that morning, Kami was surprised to find them searching for their yaks. Even though he could not hear the sound—Kami was deaf—he knew Curly Horn always responded when he blew his whistle. This story of a fictionalized Nepalese Sherpa family and their young son’s courage in the face of a sudden mountain storm provides readers with a window into a culture most people never encounter. Dodson’s watercolor illustrations are evocative of the frigid Himalayan landscape and isolation. 2008 Schneider Family Book Award (Young Children). lmp