×
Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date.
For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now.

Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps.
WANT A NOOK?
Explore Now
7.99
In Stock
Overview
Avi's ground-breaking graphic novel gets a stunning new cover to celebrate its twentieth anniversary! Two kids fight to save their city from eternal winter in this gripping fantasy by Newbery Medalist Avi, illustrated by three-time Sibert Honoree Brian Floca. "To begin with--there were these KURBS. These Kurbs owned an Island...with their POWER they controlled both day and night...Years ago, when People first came to the Kurbs' Island, they wanted to build themselves a City." The Kurbs give people light and warmth to establish a city, on one condition: The people must return the Power every year or risk losing the city--forever. This system works for centuries until evil Mr. Underton tries to steal the Power. If he succeeds, the Kurbs will take back the City, reducing it to a dark and frozen tundra. It's up to Carlos and Sarah to find the Power--housed in a subway token--and keep the City safe, despite secrets of Sarah's history that are entwined with the token. What ensues is a race against darkness. A race against the lies of the past. And most of all, a race against time.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780545633413 |
---|---|
Publisher: | Scholastic, Inc. |
Publication date: | 11/26/2013 |
Sold by: | Scholastic, Inc. |
Format: | NOOK Book |
Pages: | 192 |
Lexile: | NP (what's this?) |
File size: | 135 MB |
Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
Age Range: | 8 - 12 Years |
About the Author

Avi's work spans nearly every genre and has received nearly every major prize, including the Newbery Medal for Crispin: The Cross of Lead and Newbery Honors for Nothing But the Truth and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. Avi lives in Colorado. You can learn more about him online at avi-writer.com.
Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of the Caldecott Medal-winning book Locomotive. He also wrote and illustrated Lightship and Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, both Sibert Honor Books, and illustrated Avi's Poppy Stories series as well as Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan's Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring, also a Sibert Honor Book. Brian grew up in Texas and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Find him online at www.brianfloca.com.
Date of Birth:
December 23, 1937Place of Birth:
New York, New YorkEducation:
University of Wisconsin; M.A. in Library Science from Columbia University, 1964Website:
http://www.avi-writer.comCustomer Reviews
Related Searches
Explore More Items
Billy the Bug and Sally the Slug find a surprise inside a blue jog! What ...
Billy the Bug and Sally the Slug find a surprise inside a blue jog! What
can it be? Find out in this tale of new-found friends!This rib-tickling read-aloud tale was created especially to build early phonics skills by teaching children ...
Guess what happens when a little duck gets his ice-cream truck stuck in the muck? ...
Guess what happens when a little duck gets his ice-cream truck stuck in the muck?
Find out how a tiny friend can be a big, big help!This rib-tickling read-aloud tale was created especially to build early phonics skills by teaching ...
Now in paperback, the New York Times Bestselling sequel to TUNNELS, with bonus materials and ...
Now in paperback, the New York Times Bestselling sequel to TUNNELS, with bonus materials and
a sneak peek at the third book in the series! In TUNNELS, boy archaeologist Will Burrows went in search of his missing father--and discovered a ...
Guided Reading Level I. Cesar Chavez spent more than 40 years helping farmworkers have a ...
Guided Reading Level I. Cesar Chavez spent more than 40 years helping farmworkers have a
better life. This full-color storybook tells about this leader who fought for change, and includes many historical facts and a glossary!
Reintroducing a magical, bestselling medieval mystery from a Newbery-winning author! The release coincides with Avi's ...
Reintroducing a magical, bestselling medieval mystery from a Newbery-winning author! The release coincides with Avi's
exciting new companion to this book, MURDER AT MIDNIGHT. Night after night, a ghost appears in the royal castle of Pergamontio, terrifying the princess. Mangus ...
The tantalizing prequel to Avi's bestselling MIDNIGHT MAGIC is now in paperback!A plot to overthrow ...
The tantalizing prequel to Avi's bestselling MIDNIGHT MAGIC is now in paperback!A plot to overthrow
King Claudio is brewing in the Kingdom of Pergamontio.Scholarly Mangus the magician-along with his streetsmart and faithful new servant boy, Fabriziohave been marked as easy ...
This Newbery Honor Book by acclaimed author Avi is available again through Scholastic--in an After ...
This Newbery Honor Book by acclaimed author Avi is available again through Scholastic--in an After
Words paperback edition! In this thought-provoking examination of freedom, patriotism, and respect, ninth-grader, Philip Malloy, is kept from joining the track team by his failing ...
Sure to become your favorite go-to resource, this November Monthly Idea Book will supplement any ...
Sure to become your favorite go-to resource, this November Monthly Idea Book will supplement any
curriculum. Brimming with adorable patterns, creative ideas, motivational awards, bookmarks, crafts, bulletin-board suggestions, and so much more! A great way to celebrate every special day ...