From the author of the Stoneheart Trilogy comes a glorious tribute to classic fiction and a compelling adventure for younger fans of The Book Thief and Shadow of the WindCat is knocked down by a speeding fire truck while crossing 55th St. and 3rd Ave. in Central Manhattan. She wakes in a world made from all the books her grandfather used to read to her, peopled by some of the most memorable heroes of classic adventure fiction, brought vividly to life. Cat must earn their friendship and help as she begins an odyssey and epic quest to find the mythic Castle at the World's End. And the name of that distant, mythic, wave-tumbled fastness? It is, of course, the castle of Far Rockaway. She doesn't know how she's going to survive, let alone get home, but she does know one thing: Real girls rescue themselves.
