A dazzling fantasy adventure set in a parallel world beneath the Arctic ice. Award-winning author Rebecca Stead's debut, now published in the UK for the first time.
A dazzling fantasy adventure set in a parallel world beneath the Arctic ice.
Rebecca Stead grew up in New York City. Rebecca used to be a lawyer and wrote books for adults before turning to younger fiction. Her second book for children, When You Reach Me, won the Newbery Award 2010, and her follow-up, Liar and Spy, was the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
"Intriguing, credible and absorbing" Publishers Weekly "An absolutely gripping story of a hidden world ... I couldn't put it down" -- Tamora Pierce "Compelling ... [a] thoroughly enjoyable Arctic adventure" Kirkus "Vividly realized ... fresh and believable" The Horn Book Magazine "[An] engrossing yarn - a mix of science, suspense and adventure" The New York Post
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