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First Light | Rebecca Stead
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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, andfinallyshare in his dads 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 theyve built deep inside the arctic ice. As Thea dreams of a path to Earths surface, Peters search for answers brings him ever closer to her hidden home. Rebecca Steads 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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This is an excellent YA sci-fi speculative fiction story. A family camps in #Greenland so the father can study climate change while the mother writes about mitochondrial DNA while son explores the land. But nothing is as it seems and it all unravels when the son discovers a colony of people living underground for generations, who will lose their home as the climate warms. Told from two perspectives of the above- and below-world, I enjoyed the ⬇️

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Poking around for a new Audiobook I found this YA book set in #Greenland. So it‘s up next for #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

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Went to a secondhand store and picked up 7 new books to add to my collection! Among them was this beauty of a book. Isn't the cover gorgeous? 😍😍😍😍😍

Aswenson I love 'When You Reach Me' by Rebecca Stead ❤The cover of that is much more bland. :) 8y
lynneamch Your photo is beautiful, too. I always enjoy them. Keep them coming please. ☺💕 8y
kspenmoll Gorgeous picture❤️ 8y
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