*"Engaging . . . Azarian's finely detailed woodcut illustrations,
hand-tinted with watercolors, capture the serene snow-covered landscape.
. . . In direct and compelling prose, Lunge-Larsen recounts how the two
Birkebeiners most renowned for their skiing ability forge
ahead."--Publishers Weekly, starred review It is the year 1206, and deep
in the snow-covered mountains and valleys of Norway, the fiercest
warriors in the land struggle to ski a baby to safety . . .
This is a story of the Birkebeiners and how they saved the infant Prince
Hakon by skiing across the mountains in the dead of winter. It is an
untold story of bravery and tenderness.