Ten-year-old Hugo Pepper has been raised by kindly reindeer herders since being orphaned as an infant in the Frozen North, his parents eaten by polar bears. When Hugo inadvertently discovers an Aeronautical Snow Chariot, the very sled that had borne his parents northward, he sets off to find the story of his beginnings. Detailed ink drawings and silhouette insets provide the perfect accompaniment to a tongue-in-cheek telling that inter weaves chapters of Hugo’s search against a panoply of eccentric characters— including mermaids, pirates, inventors, lamplighters, and storytellers. There are also just-right doses of villainy, magic carpets, snow monsters, and hidden treasure. Third in a series. 2008 USBBY Outstanding International Books List; winner of 2006 Smarties Prize Silver Medal (6–8 Category). lmp

Originally published by Random House/Doubleday Great Britain, in 2006.

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.