Don't Blame the Yeti

Yearning for friends and family, 12-year-old Torma impulsively makes a promise. She takes on a quest to find the heart of a country and a lost penguin. Along the way, it also becomes a vital secret mission to protect the planet from Shady Forces. She hikes across the high mountains of Nepal into the alluring land of myth and magic—Tibet—now full of dangerous Invaders. But she is being hunted. If caught, she will be put in prison and "disappeared." And she is all alone. Help is at hand from her best friend, who is a voice in her head. But can he be trusted?

Tess Burrows is a peace activist, climbing instructor, healer, and motivational speaker. With her partner Pete Hammond she founded Climb For Tibet, to gather peace messages to declaim from high places. The charity has now raised more than £150,000, mainly for building schools in Tibet. She is the author of three adventuring books—Cry from The Highest Mountain, Cold Hands Warm Heart, and Touch the Sky—and the children’s story Soft Courage.