From Dakin's bedroom window the farthest mountain's peak is capped with pink and purple and green snow. No one has ever been there until Dakin hears a voice calling her to fight the evil on the mountain and set it free.

Lynne Reid Banks is a bestselling author for children and adults. Her classic children's novel, The Indian in the Cupboard, has sold over ten million copies worldwide and was made into a highly successful feature film. She was born in London in 1929 and later became one of the first women TV news reporters in Britain. Lynne has now written forty books. Her first, The L-Shaped Room, was published in 1960. She lives with her husband in Dorset, England.