内容简介
Brookeandherfamilyareheadedtothemountainsforvacation.Brookewantstosnowboard,butsheisscared.Hersister,Amy,isn'tscaredatall.WillBrookebeabletofacehermountainfears?
作者简介
DarcyPattison,(darcypattison.com)authorofbothpicturebooksandnovels,hasbeenpublishedineightlanguages.Herbooksinclude19GirlsandMe(Philomel,),SearchingforOliverK.Woodman(Harcourt),TheJourneyofOliverK.Woodman(Harcourt),TheScarySlope(graphicnovelfromStoneArch).Herbookshavebeenrecognizedforexcellenceby**starredreviewsinKirkusandBCCB,ChildmagazineBestBooksoftheYear2003,NickJr.FamilyMagazineBestBooksoftheYear2003,andvariousstateawardreadinglists.Asawritingteacher,DarcyisindemandnationwidetoteachherNovelRevisionRetreat.HerbooksaboutwritingorteachingwritingincludeNovelMetamorphosis:UncommonWaystoRevise(MimsHouse)andPaperLightning:PrewritingActivitiestoSparkCreativity(CottonwoodPress).Darcyisthe2007recipientoftheArkansasGovernor'sArtsAwards,IndividualArtistAwardforherworkinchildren'sliterature.Forthcomingin2012isacompanionbook,DesertBaths(SylvanDell),astoryabouthowdesertanimalstakeabath.