The White Darkness

By Geraldine McCaughrean

Publisher HarperCollins Imprint Harpercollins ISBN

9780060890360

Awards and Honors 2007 Michael L. Printz Award, Honor | 2008 ALA Best Book for Young Adults | Booklist Editor’s Choice 2007 | CCBC Choices 2008, Fiction for Young Adults | Kirkus Reviews – Best Young Adult Books 2007

The White Darkness

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When Uncle Victor whisks Sym away to Paris, she is delighted. He's been so kind and attentive, preparing her a special diet, teaching her all about advanced science and the Antarctic, and taking good care of her and Mum ever since her father died. When the short jaunt turns into a surprise trip to Antarctica, Sym is even more thrilled at the chance to visit the final resting place of her secret confidant, the doomed polar explorer Titus Oates. But the trip soon becomes a struggle against a deadly wilderness and a lunatic's ambitions. A 2008 Michael L. Printz Honor Book.

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AR Level 5.5 AR Points 12.0 AR Ready No Canadian Rights No Dewey F Title alpha The White Darkness Level Young Adult Plus Pages Count 384 Summary When Uncle Victor organizes a family trip to Paris, Sym’s mother resists, but Sym is up for anything Victor proposes. The trip begins oddly: Sym’s mother cannot go because she loses her passport, which turns up unexpectedly in Victor’s pocket in Paris. When Victor suggests they extend the vacation with a trip to the south, Sym is surprised and excited to learn he means Antarctica. The closer they get to “the Ice,” and the more dependent Sym becomes on Victor, the stranger the dream trip becomes, devolving finally into a nightmare of madness and obsession. Topics Antarctica. Captain Lawrence "Titus" Oates (1880-1912). Vacations. Paris. The hearing-disabled. Telephones. Clothing. Dreams. Travelers. Money. John Cleeves Symmes (1780-1829). The hollow Earth theory. Food poisoning. Airplanes. Explosions. The Ross Ice Shelf. Fog. Crevasses. The Shear. Mirages. Hoaxes. Murder. Snow blindness. Abandonment. Despair. Survival. Diesel fuel. Signals. Rescue. SRC Level 6.200000 SRC Points 19.000000 Lexile 850L Trim Size 5" x 7 1/8" Language English JLG Release Date Apr 2007 Minimum grade 9 Maximum grade 12 Reading level High Format Print

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