An original and incredibly compelling novel from one of the finest children's writers writing today. A departure for Geraldine McCaughrean - a new, contemporary teenage voice Taps into the current popularity of all things to do with exploration and with the Antarctic Fast-moving, accessible read Shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book Award 2005 From an award-winning author whose profile will be further increased by the massive publicity in October 2006 at the publication of Peter Pan in Scarlet, the official sequel to Peter Pan.