Softcover - In good condition
 
Penny Rider is almost seventeen.  She lives in the remote South Island high country of New Zealand - the 'snow country'.  with a love of the natural world, and a gift for writing, Penny is happy in the small, warm community she has grown up in.
 
But the arrival of an outsider forces Penny to confront the realities of the high country life.  Ane when she wins a scholarship to university, she face more than one dilemma.