At the Sign of the Starcase

Here's a brief description of my 2008 NaNoWriMo novel (YA fantasy):

In the five years since Maddie’s father disappeared, she and her family have struggled to go on with some semblance of a normal life. That life is shattered by the arrival of Neb, a vaguely rabbit-like creature who turns up in Maddie’s room one night, pleading for her help in finding a powerful book called the Cyclopedia and telling her that her father is still alive—but trapped in an alternate world. There’s no question that Maddie will try to help Neb and hope that by doing so she’ll be able to rescue her father. But keeping the rest of her family safe grows increasingly difficult once she finds out that there are others from that world who want the Cyclopedia too...and they don’t care what they have to do to get it.

Maybe tomorrow I'll post a little excerpt. Tackling the word count early today since I might go Christmas shopping tonight.