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First Light

By Rebecca Stead

By Rebecca Stead

By Rebecca Stead

By Rebecca Stead

By Rebecca Stead
Read by David Ackroyd and Coleen Marlo

By Rebecca Stead
Read by David Ackroyd and Coleen Marlo

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Oct 14, 2008 | ISBN 9780440422228 | Middle Grade (8-12)

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Dec 18, 2008 | ISBN 9780307495471 | 9-12 years

Audiobook Download $17.00

Apr 13, 2010 | 427 Minutes | 9-12 years

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    About First Light

    This remarkable and acclaimed debut novel, by the Newbery-winning author of When You Reach Me and the new instant classic The List of Things That Will Not Change, introduces readers to a captivating, hidden world below the ice. 
     
    Peter is thrilled to join his parents on an expedition to Greenland. But when they finally reach the ice cap, he struggles to understand a series of frightening yet enticing visions.
     
    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 in this dazzling tale of mystery, science, and adventure at the top of the world.
     
    “A mystic thriller.” —Entertainment Weekly
     
    “Optimistic science fiction that highlights human ingenuity and survival under dire conditions.” —The Wall Street Journal

    About First Light

    This remarkable and acclaimed debut novel, by the Newbery-winning author of When You Reach Me and the new instant classic The List of Things That Will Not Change, introduces readers to a captivating, hidden world below the ice. 
     
    Peter is thrilled to join his parents on an expedition to Greenland. But when they finally reach the ice cap, he struggles to understand a series of frightening yet enticing visions.
     
    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 in this dazzling tale of mystery, science, and adventure at the top of the world.
     
    “A mystic thriller.” —Entertainment Weekly
     
    “Optimistic science fiction that highlights human ingenuity and survival under dire conditions.” —The Wall Street Journal

    About First Light

    PETER IS THRILLED to leave New York City to accompany his parents on an expedition to Greenland to study global warming. There he has visions of things that should be too far away for him to see.

    Generations ago, the people of Thea’s community were hunted for possessing unusual abilities, so they fled beneath the ice. Thea needs help that only Peter can give. Their meeting reveals secrets of both their pasts, and changes the future for them both forever.

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    About Rebecca Stead

    The Search for MagicI’ve been on the lookout for magic for as long as I can remember. When I was young, I regularly tested myself to see whether my incipient magical powers had arrived. For some reason I can’t now… More about Rebecca Stead

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    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Yearling
    Oct 14, 2008 | 336 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780440422228

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Yearling
    Dec 18, 2008 | 336 Pages | 9-12 years | ISBN 9780307495471

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Apr 13, 2010 | 427 Minutes | 9-12 years | ISBN 9780307710666

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    Praise

    A Junior Library Guild Selection
    A Book Sense Children’s Pick
    A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
    A Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year—Outstanding Merit
    An IRA-CBC Notable Book
    A Parents’ Choice Award Winner
    Named to Multiple State Award Lists

    “Peter and Thea are vividly realized. . . . Gracehope itself is sketched with sure strokes, its icy setting and its matriarchal social structure fresh and believable.”—The Horn Book Magazine

    “Stead’s debut novel rests on an intriguing premise. . . . It is a testament to the storytelling that the existence of this parallel world and the convergence of Peter and Thea’s stories, told in separate chapters, are both credible and absorbing. Young readers will find this a journey worth taking.”—Publishers Weekly

    Awards

    Bank Street Child Study Children’s Book Award WINNER

    Parents’ Choice Award WINNER 2007

    Florida Sunshine State Book Award NOMINEE

    IRA Children’s Book Award for Younger Readers NOMINEE

    Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award NOMINEE

    Oklahoma Sequoyah Children’s Book Award NOMINEE

    Rhode Island Children’s Book Award NOMINEE

    Virginia Young Readers Program Award NOMINEE

    Washington Sasquatch Reading Program Master List NOMINEE 2011

    Book Sense Children’s Pick List SELECTION 2007

    New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age SELECTION

    Texas Lone Star Reading List SELECTION 2008

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