During her bedtime, Gram used to narrate to Cassie. A compelling romantic fantasy set in the beautiful frozen Arctic. In Ice author, Sarah Beth introduces the readers to Cassie, a young girl who does not believe in fairy tales. Into the Wild Literature Characters And Characteristics. But her agreement with the Polar Bear King comes with consequences she never bargained for, and before her journey's end Cassie will discover the true meaning of love and family, and loss. Writers similar to Sarah Beth Durst: Ice Young Adult Fiction Fantasy Fiction Supernatural. Armed with the knowledge that her mother might be alive, Cassie makes a deal with the Polar Bear King, and embarks on a dangerous journey against time to save her. But when Cassie comes face to face with a mysterious polar bear, one that defies all scientific fact or knowledge, she begins realise that the fairytales could actually be true.  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. Starred Review 2010 Sonderbooks Stand-out: 2 Teen Fantasy and Science Fiction. McElderry Books (Simon & Schuster), 2009. by Sarah Beth Durst Reviewed May 18, 2010. McElderry Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, published by Simon Pulse Winner: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Sarah Beth Durst Ice a young adult novel by Sarah Beth Durst available now from Simon & Schuster / Margaret K. Ice by Sarah Beth Durst Home Stand-outs Blog Knitting Info. Living with her father at the Arctic research centre, she is determined to become a leading scientist and researcher. Ice by Sarah Beth Durst, published by Margaret K. Cassie is older now and has no time for fairytales and talking animals, or lies about her dead mother. When Cassie was little her grandmother would tell her stories about the Arctic.stories about snow and ice, about a beautiful castle made of ice, and about her mother, who made a deal with the Polar Bear King and was swept away to the ends of the earth to become a prisoner of the trolls.

Ice by Sarah Beth Durst

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