The Lifters Book

Discover a stunning new children's tale from the bestselling, Pulitzer-nominatedauthor of Heroes of the Frontier and What Is theWhat.When things fall down, who lifts them up?What if the ground beneath your feet was not made of solid earthand stone but had been hollowed into hundreds of tunnels and passageways?What if there were mysterious forces in these tunnels, mereinches below you as you sit in class or eat a banana?What if it were up to just two kids to stop these forces? What wouldit feel like to know the fate of an entire town rested on yourshoulders?Twelve-year-old Gran Flowerpetal is about to find out.When Gran's friend, the difficult-to-impress Catalina Catalan, pressesa silver handle into a hillside and opens a doorway to underground,he knows that she is extraordinary and brave, and that hewill have no choice but to follow her, and help her save the town(and the known world). With luck on their side, and some discardedhockey sticks for good measure, they might just emerge as heroes.Read More