The Winter Place

After relocating to Finland following a family tragedy, a brother and sister find themselves entangled in the fractured and fantastical realms of Finnish mysticism in this atmospheric and emotionally resonant young adult novel.

Teenaged Tess and ten-year-old Axel don’t know what to think when a stranger shows up in their backyard accompanied by a giant brown bear. But the strangeness of the encounter is quickly swept aside when they receive the devastating news that their father has been kil...