Down there, the North Wind whispered in her ear. Down where I don't blow so fierce, there you will be able to observe your stars. Once upon a time, high in the northern mountains, there lived a great astronomer and his daughter. Though Minka was clever and loved the stars as much as her father, no one believed she would ever become an astronomer—for this was not a path meant for little girls. But on her twelfth birthday, the North Wind blows at Minka's window, beckoning her to leave safety and warmth of her bedroom. With her father's telescope and journals strapped to her back, Minka embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, under the starry night sky.