"A fine, strong, delicate story of a girl in mortal danger, who is saved because she brings herself to ask help from powers she does not understand. Emily lives in South Africa, but the voice in her diary is utterly recognizable half the world away-funny and agonizingly true." -Ursula K. LeGuin, author of The Earthsea Cycle "Sometimes you find secrets where you least expect them. But what can a baby know, or an old man on a mountain? Can Emily learn...