Sarah Beth Durst

Ice

ISBN: 9781416986430

Ice

a young adult novel
by Sarah Beth Durst
available now from Simon & Schuster / Margaret K. McElderry Books

When Cassie was a little girl, her grandmother told her a fairy tale about her mother, who made a deal with the Polar Bear King and was swept away to the ends of the earth. Now that Cassie is older, she knows the story was a nice way of saying her mother had died. Cassie lives with her father at an Arctic research station, is determined to become a scientist, and has no time for make-believe.

Then, on her eighteenth birthday, Cassie comes face-to-face with a polar bear who speaks to her. He tells her that her mother is alive, imprisoned at the ends of the earth. And he can bring her back -- if Cassie will agree to be his bride.

That is the beginning of Cassie's own real-life fairy tale, one that sends her on an unbelievable journey across the brutal Arctic, through the Canadian boreal forest, and on the back of the North Wind to the land east of the sun and west of the moon. Before it is over, the world she knows will be swept away, and everything she holds dear will be taken from her -- until she discovers the true meaning of love and family in the magical realm of Ice.

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2009 Andre Norton Nebula Award Finalist
2010 Boston Authors Club Young Readers Award Finalist

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"This beautifully drawn tale captured me in a realm of wonders!" -- Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author of Bloodhound (Beka Cooper)

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"I loved this deeply romantic story." -- Juliet Marillier, author of Wildwood Dancing

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"ICE is a beautiful and shivery tale of sacrifice and love. Highly recommended, and just in time for the winter season." -- Becca Fitzpatrick, New York Times bestselling author of Hush, Hush

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"Durst flawlessly weaves together romance, adventure, and a modern sensibility to create a highly inventive and suspenseful story of a girl on the cusp of adulthood. Readers will take Cassie and Bear to their hearts." -- School Library Journal (Read full review)

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"Durst skillfully integrates a contemporary girl into an updated version of the tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon, balancing the magical with the modern... [Cassie's] quest for self-worth, independence, maturity and love, is twisty, absorbing and satisfying." -- Publishers Weekly (Read full review)

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"Told in a descriptive style that perfectly captures the changing settings, Durst's novel is a page-turner that readers who enjoy adventure mixed with fairy-tale romance will find hard to put down." -- Booklist (Read full review)

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US (hc) ISBN: 978-1-41698-643-0
US (pb) ISBN: 978-1-41698-644-7

International Editions

Ice

Ice - Hüter Des Nordens
German Translation

available now from
Egmont / Lyx

German ISBN: 978-3-8025-8602-6

Ice

Ice
UK Edition

available now from
Simon & Schuster UK

UK ISBN: 978-1-84738-657-1

Ice

Ice
Russian Translation

available now from
Ripol Classic

Russian ISBN: 9785386092870

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