Wonder at the edge of the world

By Nicole Lea Helget

Subjects: Antarctica, fiction, Antiquities, Supernatural, fiction, African Americans, Family life, fiction, African americans, fiction, Slavery, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Families, Slavery, Voyages and travels, fiction, Supernatural, Paranormal fiction, Historical fiction, Voyages and travels, Fiction, Children's fiction, Kansas, history, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Family, fiction, History, Kansas, fiction, Family life

Description: Lu Wonder, a bright, curious girl who hopes to be a scientist, sets out from her Kansas home in 1855 with her best friend Eustace, a slave, on a journey to Antarctica to protect a mysterious artifact and hide it from the man responsible for her father's death.