Can a child defeat a frozen giant and bring summer back to Apple
Island?
It's the last night of a family's holiday on a tropical island filled
with black beaches, sweetfruit, and red-necked looby birds. Their final
adventure is to climb the island's tallest mountain before they leave in
the morning. But when the child--who might be you--wakes up the next
morning, the world has become a frozen wasteland and the father has been
transformed into ice.
Setting out in search of Giant Cold, a frozen monster no one has ever
seen, you--now a tiny elf--meet two giants: white-beard, a scholar; and
black-beard, a sailor. You're forced to live inside a bottle and travel
with black-beard--until the looby birds snatch up the bottle. Flying
over forests, fields, and seas, you must rescue Apple Island from Giant
Cold and his armies of wind, snow, and ice. With only the warmth of your
own life--a tiny spark--you take on the powerful giant. Riding the wind
up to the mountain peak, your tiny size will become your greatest asset
as you make a surprising discovery about yourself.
Giant Cold is a strikingly original, big-hearted fantasy about love,
family, and finding your way home.