Synopsis
A brilliantly inventive, fabulously illustrated addition to the Far- Flung Adventures series from the award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator team Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. Set in the same world as the Fergus Crane and Corby Flood stories, this is the tale of a small boy, Hugo Pepper, and his amazing exploits. Raised in the Frozen North by reindeer herders, his parents eaten by polar bears when he was just a baby, Hugo discovers that the sled they arrived in has a very special compass—one that can be set to "Home." And so Hugo arrives in Firefly Square—to discover a group of very special friends, and a dastardly enemy. With three-toed snowmen, a secret buried treasure, and a host of fabulous stories, this is a fantastic new tale in this series.
Publishers Weekly
Favorite series and characters come to the fore this spring. In the third Far-Flung Adventure by Edge Chronicles creators Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, Hugo Pepper joins the ranks of Fergus Crane (which PW called "part Dickensian comedy, part pirate adventure" in a starred review) and Corby Flood. When Hugo, the young orphan hero raised by reindeer herders, takes his birth parents' sled and points his "Compass of the Heart" homeward, he winds up rescuing his mermaid godmothers among others. Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.