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|title=The Winter Place

|sort=Winter Place

|date=October 2015

|isbn=1471123839

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Axel and Tess live in rural New York state with a father obsessed with mediaeval reconstructions. They have a knight for a father! This eccentricity is both entertaining and a good thing - because Sam is the only parental figure in their lives. Axel and Tess's mother died when Axel was born. Tess is just moving into oppositional adolescence. She and Sam enjoy sparring over the care of Axel, who has inherited a rare form of muscular dystrophy from his late mother. Axel is, well, an ''individual'' child, currently haunted by a mischievous wheelchair only he can see. The pesky thing follows him everywhere.