The Girl Who Came Back to LifeWhen you die, your spirit wakes in the north, in the City of the Dead. There, you wander the cold until one of your living loved ones finds you, says "Goodbye," and Sends you to the next world. After her parents die, 12 year old Sophie refuses to release their spirits. Instead, she resolves to travel to the City of the Dead to bring her mother and fathers spirits back home with her. Taking the long pilgrimage north with her gruff & distant

Growing up

your spirit wakes in the north

" and Sends you to the next world

After her parents die

Lily was born in a boat stuck in a frozen river

in her heart

she resolves to travel to the City of the Dead to bring her mother and father’s spirits back home with her

over ruined mountains and plains and oceans—Sophie struggles to return what death stole from her

So begins The Adventures of Lily Firehands

Taking the long pilgrimage north with her gruff & distant grandmother—by train

unexpected lessons—what to hold on to

and sends her on a quest that reveals a secret buried beneath the frost of her world