Reluctant to believe that there's a world outside the department store in which they live, Torrit, Dorcas, and the other nomes look to Masklin, a newly arrived "outsider," to lead them to a safe haven when the store goes out of business.
- ISBN10 0385299842
- ISBN13 9780385299848
- Publish Date 1 January 1990 (first published 21 September 1989)
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Delacorte Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 246
- Language English