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Gr 5-8 Stead's debut novel is an exciting, engaging mix of science fiction, mystery, and adventure. Thea lives in Gracehope, a world hidden inside Greenland's ice cap. Her English ancestors, hunted and slaughtered as accused witches seven generations earlier, retreated beneath the ice, settling in the cold world. But now, the population has increased to 600; births are limited and food rationed. Thea believes that the intent of the Settlers was to one day return to the world above. She and her cousin, Mattias, find the passage to that worl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In New York City, twelve-year-old Peter's often-melancholy mother is keenly interested in the headaches that have begun to plague him; underneath the ice in Greenland, fourteen-year-old Thea misses her mother, who died trying to find a way to allow their hidden community, Gracehope, to survive. These parallel stories play themselves out as Peter travels to Greenland with his parents on a trip to research global warming and Thea braves her controlling ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Fourteen-year-old Thea lives in Gracehope, a hidden community underneath the ice. When Peter's family goes to Greenland, their path...Log In or Sign Up to Read More