First Light
Readers rate it 3.7 (10 on Hardcover)
336 pages · Released Jun 26, 2007 · Wendy Lamb Books
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First Light is a thoughtful sci-fi adventure that blends mystery, science, and fantasy with an engaging dual narrative. The story emphasizes curiosity, understanding across differences, and courage, making it well-suited for middle-grade readers with some maturity. While there are moments of suspense and vague references to historical persecution, the book avoids graphic content and resolves with hope and connection.
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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, 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 nev... 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.
Shelved under
- Adventure stories
- Adventure and adventurers
- Secrets
- Juvenile fiction
- Secrecy
- Fiction
- Children's fiction
- Adventure and adventurers, fiction
- Greenland, fiction
- Science Fiction
- Young Adult
- Fantasy
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ISBN 9780375940170 · Wendy Lamb Books