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Tess and her grandfather Otso visit the market and 'bond'.


There is a middle world between life and death, and Tess must navigate it to save her brother in this heart-wrenching story infused with the fractured and fantastical realms of Finnish mysticism.

Axel and Tess are bewildered when a stranger shows up in their backyard accompanied by a giant brown bear, but before they can investigate the bizarre encounter, something more harrowing happens: their father is killed in a freak car accident.

Now orphaned, Tess and Axel are shipped off to Finland to live with grandparents who they’ve never met, and are stunned to discover that the mysterious stranger with the bear has found them again. More stunning—they come to understand that this man isn’t really a man…he’s a keeper of souls. And the bear isn’t really a bear…it’s a ghost. Their mother’s ghost. Wandering, endlessly, searching for their father.

Then the Keeper invites Axel, who is already fighting symptoms of muscular dystrophy, to join the path of the dead—and when Axel disappears into the deep snow, Tess knows she must find a way to follow. There are mysteries connected to this peculiar man, this keeper, and if she can untangle them, she might not only save her little brother, but also bring her parents peace.

The Winter Place Market

Lauren Ezzo is a Chicago based audiobook narrator and commercial voice talent. A Michigan native and Hope College alumna, at this writing she has narrated over 100 titles for authors including Catherine Ryan Hyde, Adam Rapp, M. Dressler, Christopher Rice, Kirk Lynn, & Dot Hutchison. She has won multiple awards for her narration, including several Earphones Awards. In 2016, her performance of "The Light Fantastic", by Sarah Combs, co-narrated with Todd Haberkorn, was named one of AudioFile's best books of the year. In 2017 School Library Journal named her narration of “To Stay Alive: Mary Ann Graves and the Tragic Journey of the Donner Party” as one of their best books of the year. She is a proud member of the Audio Publishers Association, and a lifelong bookworm.

The Winter Place Market

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