The White Darkness
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
3.5
Geraldine McCaughrean
Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature!“Completely gripping.” —People“Dazzling.” —The ObserverGeraldine McCaughrean—two-time Carnegie Medalist for Where the World Ends and Pack of Lies—takes readers on a spellbinding journey into the frozen heart of darkness with this lyrical, riveting, and imaginative young adult novel. Symone "Sym" Wates is obsessed with the Antarctic and the brave, romantic figure of Captain Oates from Scott's doomed expedition to the South Pole. In fact, Oates is the secret confidant to whom she spills all her hopes and fears. But Sym's uncle Victor is even more obsessed—and when he takes her on a dream trip into the bleak Antarctic wilderness, it turns into a nightmarish struggle for survival that will challenge everything she knows and loves.
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Author
Geraldine McCaughrean
Pages
400
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2021-02-23
ISBN
0063007886 9780063007888
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"I liked the author because of Pack of Lies. I loved this book because of the tangible coldness, the strangeness of the character's obsession, and the thrilling danger."
Sapphire
"This was an odd book, with a unique protagonist who has an imaginary friend based on the Antarctic explorer Lawrence "Titus" Oates. I also found it all rather compelling and needing to know if she makes it out alive. As a child I had wanted to visit Antarctica--I think I was intrigued with a place that not many had been to and just the very different, uninhabitable landscape. This brings up that wonder but also the sheer terror of the place. I wasn't a fan of the ending, but overall was engaged in the narrative."
Liesl Prentice