After a fight with his father, Burl runs away into the frozen Canadian wilderness, where he stumbles across the lonely camp of an eccentric composer, who offers him a place to stay. But Burl's father is after him and soon Burl is dragged back into his dangerous games. "e;Just about everything you could want from a book . it's beautifully written, it's a page-turner and it's a story which stays with you after the last page."e; - Publishing News Shortlisted for the Wirral Paperback of the Year Award 2007 and the Guardian Children's Book Award 2006.