About this ebook
From Dakin’s bedroom window, the farthest-away mountain looks quite close, its peak capped with pink and purple and green snow rising above the pine wood just beyond the village.
No one knows why the snow isn’t white, because no one has ever been there; for though the mountain looks close, however far you travel it never gets any closer.
Until one morning, Dakin is woken by a voice calling, summoning her through the wicked wood and over the sea of spikes, to fight the evil on the mountain and set it free...
Ratings and reviews
4.5
2 reviews
Frenetic Nutta
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October 18, 2014
Had this book as a kid & loved it! Been searching for this book for a long time, Thank you! ^_^ 4 star only because the ebook itself is not the best.
Skye Hodge
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December 30, 2013
A really wonderful book I would definetly reccomend it to ages 6+ because it has stunning illustrations and vocabulary. I would definetly read it again.
About the author
Lynne Reid Banks was born in London in 1929. She was an actress in the early 1950s and later became one of the first two women TV News reporters in Britain. She is a best-selling author for both children and adults, and has written over thirty books, including The L-Shaped Room.
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