McCaughrean, Geraldine.

The white darkness : a novel / by Geraldine McCaughrean. - 1st pbk. ed. - New York, NY : HarperTeen, 2009, c2005. - 373, 15 p. ; 19 cm.

Includes "extras" about writing and an interview with the author. Originally published: [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Taken to Antarctica by the man she thinks of as her uncle for what she believes to be a vacation, Symone--a troubled fourteen year old--discovers that he is dangerously obsessed with seeking Symme's Hole, an opening that supposedly leads into the center of a hollow Earth.

Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature from the American Library Association.

9780060890377 (trade pbk.) 0060890371 (trade pbk.)


Deception--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Deception--Juvenile fiction.
Shipwreck survival--Juvenile fiction.
Printz Medal.


Antarctica--Fiction.
Antarctica--Juvenile fiction.

YA PZ 7 .M1286 / W458 2009