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First Light

by Rebecca Stead · 2007

ISBN: 0375840176 9780375840173

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic

Page count: 328

Peter is thrilled to join his parents on an expedition to Greenland, where his father studies global warming. Peter will get to skip school, drive a dogsled, and–finally–share in his dad’s adventures. But on the ice cap, Peter struggles to understand a series of visions that both frighten and entice him.<br> <br> Thea has never seen the sun. Her extraordinary people, suspected of witchcraft and nearly driven to extinction, have retreated to a secret world they’ve built deep inside the arctic ice. As Thea dreams of a path to Earth’s surface, Peter’s search for answers brings him ever closer to her hidden home.<br> <br> Rebecca Stead’s fascinating debut novel is a dazzling tale of mystery, science and adventure at the top of the world.