Rebecca is the author of First Light (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House, Summer 2007), a Junior Library Guild Selection.
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Biography:
Rebecca Stead was born and raised in New York City, where you might have seen her trying to cross Broadway and read a book at the same time. She now yells at her eight-year-old for doing the same thing. Until several years ago, Rebecca worked as a public defender. Turning her life toward writing has been both a delight and a challenge.
Rebecca lives on the upper west side of Manhattan with her husband and their two sons. Her first novel, First Light, will be published by Wendy Lamb Books in June 2007.
Book: First Light
Peter is thrilled to join his parents on an expedition to Greenland, where his father studies global warming. Peter will get to skip school, drive a dogsled, and – finally – share in his dad’s adventures. But on the ice cap, Peter struggles to understand a series of visions that both frighten and entice him.
Thea has never seen the sun. Her extraordinary people, suspected of witchcraft and nearly driven to extinction, have retreated to a secret world they’ve built deep inside the arctic ice. As Thea dreams of a path to the Earth’s surface, Peter’s search for answers brings him ever closer to her hidden home.
Rebecca Stead’s fascinating debut novel is a dazzling tale of mystery, science and adventure at the top of the world.
Reviews:
“An absolutely gripping story of a hidden world, the secrets between it and ours, and the courageous, determined Peter and Thea, who mean to get answers, no matter what the cost. I couldn’t put it down until I’d finished it!” - Tamora Pierce
Photo Credits:
Headshot by Joanne Dugan
Cover Art ©2007 Erica O’Rourke
First Light