THE FALLEN COUNTRY

Florida is gripped by a heat wave when Charley Moore spots a boy hanging from a snow-covered church steeple. After his rescue, Billy Binder coolly tells the school counselor of the abuse he suffers at the hands of his stepfather, Stark. Playing for time, the counselor asks Charley for help.

But it may already be too late for Billy has learned to escape his painful reality by entering an imaginary world of ice and cold -- a place called the Fallen Country. There, with the cold precision of a video game, Billy is fated to battle monsters and free the Ice Princess... over and over again.

Contains the original short story.

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A modern classic of fiction for young people
Like Rowling, Somtow writes children's literature without talking down to the reader. Far too many books for young people make the mistake of thinking that children can't understand what they read. Somtow let's the story unfold on it's own with out needing to censor reality. It's a pity that his work doesn't get the recognition that it deserves. Adding the original short story is a nice touch for this edition, but the novel is a true masterpiece.