Ava and the Avalanche

Kids’ Stories Book

One girl. One mountain. One chance to survive.

In the quiet village of Oakhaven, ten-year-old Ava has always been different. While others see the Great White Peak as a playground, Ava hears its "mountain-tongue" a low, vibrating hum that warns of shifting ice and restless snow. The villagers call her "mountain-touched," but no one realizes just how important her gift is until the morning the sky turns lead-gray and the world begins to shake.

When a massive avalanche tears through the valley, Ava is separated from her family and entombed in a frozen wasteland. Armed only with her wits, a pair of hand-knitted survival mittens, and her loyal terrier, Pip, Ava must navigate a landscape that has been rewritten by ice and shadow.

But surviving the slide is only the beginning. To find her way back home, Ava must:

• Scale the jagged heights of the Great White Peak to reach the High Cave.
• Rescue a friend from the suffocating "blue ice."
• Master the mountain's secrets to signal the survivors below.

Ava and the Avalanche is a gripping tale of resilience, the power of observation, and the unbreakable bond between a girl and the wilderness. It is a story for every child who has ever felt unheard, proving that even the smallest voice can echo louder than a mountain's roar.

©2026 Ayokunle Mathew Akinbi (P)2026 Ayokunle Mathew Akinbi

Good story and great narration

My family liked the story. Also enjoyed the narrator voice. Calm and relaxing. Hope to hear more from the series and with the narrator.