Eleven-year-old Thomas Hammond has always lived next to Leepike Ridge.
He never imagined he might end up lost beneath it! What Tom finds underground will answer questions he hadn’t known to ask and change his life forever.
The night Tom’s schoolteacher comes to dinner and asks Tom’s mother to marry him, Tom slips out of the house and escapes down a nearby stream on a floating slab of packing foam. The night and stars lull Tom to sleep, and when he wakes, he has ridden his foam raft all the way to the ridge, where the stream dives underground. Flung over rapids and tossed through chasms, Tom finally hits shore, sore but alive. What Tom finds under Leepike Ridge —a dog, a flashlight, a castaway, a tomb, and buried treasure—will answer questions he hadn’t known to ask, and change his life forever. Now, if only he can find his way home again....
In the grand tradition of Robinson Crusoe, Hatchet, and Tom Sawyer, N.D. Wilson’s first book for young readers is a remarkable adventure, a journey through the dark and back into the light.
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Nathan Wilson lives and writes in the top of a tall, skinny house only one block from where he was born. But his bestselling novels, including the highly acclaimed 100 Cupboards series, have traveled far and wide and have been translated into dozens of languages. He and his wife have five young storytellers of their own, along with an unreasonable number of pets. You can visit him online at ndwilson.com.
AUTHOR: Nathan Wilson
PUBLISHER: Random House
PAGE COUNT: 256 pages
SIZE: 5.20x7.60"
ISBN 10: 0375838740
ISBN-13: 9780375838743
PUB. DATE: May 22, 2007
FORMAT: Paperback
SKU: FC-113P