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First light

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. 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. Rebecca Stead?s fascinating debut novel is a dazzling tale of mystery, science and adventure at the top of the world.From the Hardcover edition.

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  • "Peter can't wait to join his parents on an expedition to the ice caps of Greenland to study global warming. But while he's there, he begins to suspect there might be another reason for this trip other than scientific research. And in another world, there is Thea, who lives with her family under the ice, and is desperate to see what's above it. When Thea and Peter meet, two worlds will collide, and a host of secrets will be released."
  • "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. 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. Rebecca Stead?s fascinating debut novel is a dazzling tale of mystery, science and adventure at the top of the world.From the Hardcover edition."@en
  • "When twelve-year-old Peter and his family arrive in Greenland for his father's research, he stumbles upon a secret his mother has been hiding from him all his life, and begins an adventure he never imagines possible."@en
  • "When twelve-year-old Peter and his family arrive in Greenland for his father's research, he stumbles upon a secret his mother has been hiding from him all his life, and begins an adventure he never imagines possible."
  • "This is the story of Thea, who lives in a world deep within a glacier, and Peter, who has arrived in Greenland to live on the ice while his father studies climate change. Thea longs for her people to return to the sunlight. Peter is troubled by strange visions. When their lives collide Thea and Peter find themselves unravelling a deep mystery."@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Science fiction"@en
  • "Science fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Children's stories"@en
  • "Adventure fiction"

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  • "First light"
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