The Ice House

✍ Scribed by Monica Sherwood

• Book ID: 111932152
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 2 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780316705325

✦ Synopsis

With shades of When You Reach Me , The Thing About Jellyfish , and Bridge to Terabithia , and a big, timely climate hook at its core, here is a heartfelt middle grade debut about the inevitability of change that will resonate profoundly during these extraordinary times.
Spring has arrived, and yet an unyielding winter freeze has left Louisa snowed into her apartment building for months with parents coping with extreme stress, a little brother struggling with cabin fever, and--awkwardly--her neighbor and former close friend, Luke. The new realities of this climate disaster have not only affected Louisa's family, but when Luke's dad has an ice-related accident and it's unclear if he'll recover, both families' lives are turned upside down.
Desperate to find an escape from the grief plaguing their homes, Louisa and Luke build a massive snow fort in their yard. But their creation opens up an otherworldly window to...