The Way Past Winter

Mila, her sisters, and her brother Oskar live in a small forest cabin, surviving in a world gripped by frost and snow. When mysterious, fur-coated men show up on her doorstep, Mila and her family grant them shelter for the night. But in the morning, the men are gone—and they’ve taken Oskar with them. Determined to save her brother, Mila and her sisters set out on a mission to rescue him. But challenges await them at every turn: wolves with the speed of demons, tempestuous gold, an untrustworthy mage—and always the relentless, stinging freeze of winter.



In this riveting adventure, award winning and internationally acclaimed author Kiran Millwood Hargrave unleashes magic, an eternal winter, and one girl’s unbreakable determination to reunite her family. Inspired by European folklore, this is a classic adventure story in the vein of Phillip Pullman, Anne Ursu, and Kelly Barnhill that evokes the best of the middle grade fantasy genre.