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Ice

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One of the things I liked best about the book was the gradual development of Chrissa's character. Her motives were conflicted, as in real life, but minor triumphs gradually blossomed into real convictions and abilities.

I also enjoyed the boy-girl sub-plot. It is nice to see teens becoming friends before they get involved in a boy-girl relationship.

All in all, this was a very enjoyable book to read.

This is one of my favorite books! The emotions, characters, and surroundings are described so well, it's almost like you're actually living with Chrissa in her Grandma's house! I really enjoyed this book. It's packed full of emotion, suspense, and mystery. I LOVED THIS BOOK! If you enjoy reading well-written books that are hard to get off your mind, YOU'RE IN FOR A REAL TREAT! This is one book you just CAN NOT MISS!

A Review by Rachel

Chrissa Jennings is a thirteen year old confused teenager. Why her father left her three years ago is still a question to her. She has failed to talk to her mother because she just wouldnt understand, so she is sent to her grandmothers out in the country. Maybe this will be where Chrissa can find the answers to her questions, instead she finds out a whole lot more than she bargained for. Will she be able to find out the real truth while trying to help someone close to her?

This book was definitely by far one of the best books I have ever read. The characters were so real and fun filled that it was hard for me to ever put the book down. Every page had something new and exciting in it. For example when Chrissa was walking home from school down the dirt road to her grandmothers a white Buick came at her at almost fifty miles an hour as if they were trying to kill her. When she told her grandmother she thought it was Sister Harmonys nephew she was thought to be a liar. Also this book has so many twists and turns that you never know what is actually the truth until the end. For example when Chrissa is talking to Sister Harmonys nephew she almost thought that it was her father, but since her grandmother is holding something back you never find out who and where her father is until the very end. This book is very interesting and well written and very realistic because all the events that take place could actually happen.

This book was a awesome book! Its not one of the books that you have to read for a little bit and then get into it the excitement starts in the first chapter and ends in the last line of the book! Ice is on of those books that when reading it, it actually feels like you are with the characters in the book while everything is happening. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves to read a fun filled book, cant put down, exciting book. This book is such a fantastic book and anyone who reads it will enjoy it!

I loved this book! It was interesting and original. I think it was realistic too. I even think of Chrissa and the other characters as real people. I really liked how she had flashbacks of when she was with her father, but later on in the book there were less and less of them until there were none. This is one of my favorite books ever, and I hope Phyllis Reynolds Naylor writes a sequal to it!

Chrissa is extremely angry at her mother. Her mother and father divorced three years ago, and she hasn't heard from her father since. Her father used to travel a great deal and wasn't home much, but when he was home he lit up her life and her mother's life. They were just so happy when he was home, and her entire childhood Chrissa remembered trying her hardest to live up to her father's expectations of bravery and spunk.

Now Chrissa suspects that her mother knows where her father is and is keeping it a secret from her, even going as far as to keep him from writing to her. She can't think of any other reason why she wouldn't have heard from him. She has a great deal of resentment built up inside of her, and it comes out in her stubborn silence toward her mother.

At her wit's end, Chrissa's mother decides to send her to spend a year in the country with her grandmother--her father's mother who is still very close with her mother even after the divorce. Chrissa at first is elated, thinking her grandmother must be in contact with her father, must know where he is and how to reach him. But when Chrissa arrives, it seems she's hit another dead end. Her grandmother doesn't want to talk about her father at all.

Out in the country, Chrissa feels herself becoming braver, starting to do the things her father would be proud of. She is preparing herself to see him again, as she is sure will happen sometime during the year. What she doesn't realize is that she is also becoming a person she likes better, and learning to live with herself even with her father gone.

I liked all of the side plots that were going on in this book; it wasn't just about Chrissa's search for her father. Life went on around her as she concentrated on that goal. I liked the characters, from Chrissa's grandmother to Thad, and even Sister Harmony as a good villain. I also liked the flashbacks to Chrissa's memories of her father, which showed that he wasn't the great man she thought he was.

I didn't like that Chrissa's family kept the secret of her father for so long, and I didn't really like the ending of the story very much. It was sad to me that Chrissa would spend so much of her time worrying about the opinion of someone who had never really shown warm feelings toward her.

I thought that Ice was a very good book. If you like suspense, mystery, and/or action books this is for you. I started Ice and had it done in 3 days. Once you start reading it, it is hard to put down. I recomend this book to people from ages 11-14.

In this book Chrissa is longing for her father. She spent most of her early childhood trying to please him, for he was perfect in her eyes. Hansome, adventerous, always surrounded my mystery. When her parents divorce, and he disapears, Chrissa cuts her self of from the world, but especially her mother. Finding no other alternitive Chrissa's mother sends her of to her grandmothers house. Chrissa blosoms in her new surroundings, sheading the lair of ice that had encased her. She has several adventures,and learns that she CAN handle them. But can she find the truth about her father? This is an exellent book, which trully gives you something to think about!

Thirteen year-old Chrissa doesn't understand why her father left Chrissa and her mother three years ago. While too angry to even talk to her mother, Chrissa questions herself: Why did father leave? Was I the daughter father wanted me to be?
Lorraine, Chrissa's mother, can't stand Chrissa's silences any longer. Chrissa is sent to live with her father's mother in the peaceful country, forced to leave her New york City home. At first she hates the idea, then Chrissa decides she might get some answers of why her father walked away from her life.
After chrissa arrives she discovers a mysterious drawer while Gram is away at work. "I must find that key!" Chrissa thinks. All the while more suspicions arrive.
Chrissa discovers strength she never knew she had. She has to use that strength to face the most annhiliating secret of all.

I thought that this was wonderful I couldn't put it down! It has a surprise ending! You don't want to put it down b/c u can't wait to see what happens! I highly recommend it to you!

It was a great book.It was very sad but, very interesting.This book is a page turner.I really felt like I was write there next to her.