After a fight with his father, Burl runs away into the frozen Canadian wilderness, where he stumbles across the lonely camp of an eccentric composer, who offers him a place to stay. But Burl's father is after him and soon Burl is dragged back into his dangerous games.
"Just about everything you could want from a book ... it's beautifully written, it's a page-turner and it's a story which stays with you after the last page." - Publishing News
Shortlisted for the Wirral Paperback of the Year Award 2007 and the Guardian Children's Book Award 2006
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