Wonder at the edge of the world

Description:

Lu Wonder, a bright, curious girl who hopes to be a scientist, sets out from her Kansas home in 1855 with her best friend Eustace, a slave, on a journey to Antarctica to protect a mysterious artifact and hide it from the man responsible for her father's death.

subjects: Families,  Slavery,  Paranormal fiction,  Juvenile fiction,  Family life,  Antiquities,  Voyages and travels,  Supernatural,  Historical fiction,  Fiction,  African Americans,  History,  Children's fiction,  Supernatural, fiction,  Family life, fiction,  Slavery, fiction,  Kansas, history, fiction,  African americans, fiction,  Voyages and travels, fiction,  Antarctica, fiction,  Adventure and adventurers, fiction,  Family, fiction,  Kansas, fiction

Places: Kansas

Times: 1854-1861