Snowfall by David Gallie

When six year old Lucy wakes up in a barren landscape layered with pristine snow she thinks she is dreaming. However when she is joined by Malcom the panther with reflective eyebrow's and a cheetah with bright green fur, Lucy realizes that there is more to this dream than she can imagine. As her body begins to slip into illness she has to muster all her courage to remember how she landed in such a place and unravel the mystery of what happened to her mother. As her new friends try to get her back home to safety, Lucy must try to survive a dream that quickly becomes a nightmare.