In Lizbet Lenz's world, the sun goes around the earth, God speaks directly to his worshippers, goblins haunt cellars and witches lurk in forests. Disaster strikes when Lizbet's scoundrel father is thrown into a dungeon by the tyrant Hengest Wolftrow. To free him, Lizbet must cross the Montagnes du Monde, globe-girdling mountains that reach to the sky, a journey no one has ever survived, and retrieve a mysterious book. The only one who can help her is the sarcastic witch girl Strix. As the two girls journey over the mountains and into the lands of wonder beyond Lizbet discovers, to her horror, that Strix's magic is turning her into a witch, too. -- adapted from jacket