The Mountain Remembers

Some dreams disappear. Others wait for someone to ask the right question.

Nine-year-old Anna has always known that her grandmother climbed Mount Kilimanjaro long ago. There are photographs to prove it-a young woman high above the clouds, snow in Africa, and a story the family has told for years.

But when Anna discovers the old photographs for herself, she begins asking questions.

Why did Grandma climb the mountain?

Why did Dad always dream of following her?

And why didn't he?

One question changes everything.

Soon Anna and her father are travelling to Tanzania to climb Kilimanjaro together, following a family story that began more than fifty years earlier.

As they make their way through rainforest, cloud and rock toward the snows of Africa, Anna begins to discover something the old summit photographs never showed:

The hardest parts of a journey don't always make it into the picture.

The Mountain Remembers is an illustrated adventure about a girl, her father, her grandmother, and a mountain that connects three generations. It is a story about family, postponed dreams, the stories we inherit, and what can happen when "someday" finally becomes today.

For young readers who love adventure-and for the parents and grandparents who still have a few mountains of their own.