The White Darkness - Hardcover

McCaughrean, Geraldine

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ISBN 10: 0192719831 ISBN 13: 9780192719836

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2005

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Captain Oates, hero of the Antarctic, has been dead for nearly a century. But not in Sym's head. In there, he is her constant companion, her soul mate, her adviser. It is as if he walked out of the Polar blizzard and into her mind. In fact, if it were not for Titus, life might be as bleak a
place as the Antarctic wilderness.

Then a short family expedition makes her ask the question she has long been avoiding: who but the mad trust for happiness to someone or something that isn't there?

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About the Author:

Geraldine McCaughrean has won the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Book Award (three times), the Smarties Prize Bronze Award (four times), the Blue Peter 'Best Book to Keep Forever' Award, and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.

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Ruth Sillers flawlessly narrates the lion's share of the story of an unusual teenaged girl, Sym, who unwittingly embarks on a wild expedition to the Antarctic with her lunatic Uncle Victor. Sillers conveys youth, intelligence, and na�vet� with elegance and perfect British diction. Captain "Titus" Oates (known for his famous last words to explorer Robert Falcon Scott--"I am just going outside and may be some time") exists in her imagination as both a friend and soul mate. Richard Morant as Oates is perfect--that gentle, romantic, and chivalrous voice in Sym's head is truly a voice to fall in love with. Sym (with Oates's help) must use everything she has ever learned about Antarctica to save her life. A.B. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award � AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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