Words are disappearing from the world. Four children from the corners of the earth have been sent on a quest to rediscover lost letters and unlock the treasure of language before wisdom and light vanish from the world altogether.
Shelley Davidow was born in South Africa and has lived in the UK and US. She has been a researcher, teacher and lecturer. Her novel for older children, The Spirit of the Mountain, was nominated for the first Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa in 2002. Krystyna Emilia Kurzyca was born, raised and artistically educated in post-World War II, communist Poland. In 1981, she moved to the United States, where she has immersed herself in illustration for children's books.
