num_pages: 328
description: 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.
language: English
title: First Light
titlecomplete: First Light
genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Childrens, Adventure, Teen, Fiction, Fantasy, Juvenile, Mystery
ratings_count: 6067
places: Greenland
awards: awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Sunshine State Young Readers Award, awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: The Inky Awards
category: Silver Inky, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Truman Readers Award, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Wendy Lamb Books