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After her aspirational ballet career is dashed, seventeen‑year‑old Harper Scott lands a position as a research assistant at McMurdo, the U.S. science station perched at Antarctica’s southern tip. In the stark, wintry isolation of the continent, she confronts the harsh realities of her past hopes and begins to imagine alternate paths forward, blending the discipline of science with the discipline of dance in a tale of resilience and self‑discovery.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Jennifer Longo
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