Fiction with a subtle message of creation and of heaven, as well as stimulating new thinking skills. The children in this story have great fun in a winter paradise of the sub-arctic world. But Tyrone discovers a terrible truth that the paradise is not what it seems. He must figure out what to do and what to tell others about his knowledge of approaching disaster. Ruth Beechick spent a number of years in the Alaskan subarctic and now lives in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. She has written over 100 books and curriculum items for children and their teachers, but she enjoyed writing this story most of all, because it is about her beloved winter worlds.