McCaughrean, Geraldine. The White Darkness. New York : Harper Teen, 2007.
ISBN 006-089-0355
While this book started out very slowly for me, I was determined to get through it, and I am glad I did. The writing is beautiful, but at the beginning I found the characters to be somewhat annoying and I was confused with the plot- a teenager with an imaginary friend? Eventually, as I came to understand more about the characters it really picked up. So I urge you to stay with it!
Sym is somewhat of a loner. Obsessed with the Antarctic, she doesn't really fit in with her classmates and spends most of her time with her friend Titus, an Antarctic explorer who died 90 years ago. After her strange and obsessive "uncle" takes her on a surprise vacation to explore the Antarctic, Sym finally finds her own confidence as she struggles to survive and find out what has really been happening in her life.
2008 Printz Award Winner
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