In a moving and totally absorbing novel, Sloe evolves into a heroine equal to anything amidst this dazzling combination of science, adventure, fantasy and fairy tale. At 13, and with only the Lindquists for company, Sloe sets off on an epic 1000 mile journey embracing breathtaking adventure, danger and hardships in her quest to be reunited with her mother. Publication date 2005 Topics Cultural Literacy and Humanities, Reading Level-Grade 4, Reading Level-Grade 5, Reading Level-Grade 6. These tiny, magical creatures hold the secret to life itself. But her Mama has bequeathed Sloe six tiny animals - like creatures from a fairy tale. Enders Game by Orson Scott Card Blade Runner : (. Years later Sloe is sent to prison school and Mama disappears. Other YA books by the author include: Siberia Taylor Five The Daymaker Transformers. Siberia by Ann Halam, January 7, 2005, Orion Childrens Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) edition, Hardcover Siberia (Januedition) Open Library It looks like youre offline. To Sloe, Mama's secret work is magic, as enchanting as Mama's tales of a bright city across the ice where the sun always shines and one day they will be free. Mama's crime teaching science, and her dedication to the hope that the lost animal species can be reborn. When Sloe was tiny, her Papa disappeared and she and her mama went to live in a prison camp in the snowy North, in a time and place when there are no more wild animals.
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