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Thin Ice (1997)

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3.63 of 5 Votes: 3
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ISBN
0385322984 (ISBN13: 9780385322980)
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English
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delacorte books for young readers

Thin Ice (1997) - Plot & Excerpts

Contains SpoilersThin Ice by Marsh Qualey is about a girl, Arden and her search for her brother whom she believes is alive but everyone else thinks is dead. After deciding he didn't want to deal with being a parent after already raising is baby sister, Scott fakes his death and goes out to see the world. Arden continues to search for him convinced he is alive based off of very few clues and a brother-sister bond. In the end she does find him by coincidence and brings him back home to deal with the mess he made.I liked the book in general and I did like the characters. They were well developed and the story flowed nicely. It is only getting 3 stars because while I started out liking the brother I hated him for what he did and I hated how everyone seem to take it in stride and got over it. I wish there was more of a reaction from everyone else when they learned the truth all we got was "Scott and the girlfriend are trying to work things out". It wasn't enough for me. Also something small that was bugging me, the beginning Arden gets a kiss from Scott's cop friend at her birthday party. I didn't understand the reason behind it at first I thought a relationship was going to form but since he was way older that didn't happen and the two weren't that particularly friendly in any other way other than he was her brother's friend. It just bugged me. But I really did like the book. It was my second Marsha Qualey novel and I am interested to read more of her work.

This was a well written book that kept my interest and was hard to put down. The main character is Arden, who has already experienced both her parents deaths and has been raised by her older brother. The story involves Arden's search for her brother. While everyone around her believes that he died in a snowmobile accident, Arden is certain that he staged the accident and has run away from his life. It is a story about grief, determination, and coming to grips with the realities of one's own life and situations.

What do You think about Thin Ice (1997)?

Found this while scouring my cousin's bookshelf back in the province and this book, published in 1997, just went to show how timeless good books can be. Can you believe I actually let my self agree to the praise on its cover after finishing it - and that's really saying something because I abhor that word? "Riveting." Rrrrivetiiiing, more like. I wonder why there are lesser YA mystery novels written like this today - this is what we need: gripping, breathtaking, thought-provoking. The plot was already mysterious enough, but the pacing of the story made it more exciting. I just kept on rooting for Arden, agreeing with her belief that her brother wasn't really dead!Yay!s-Arden's best friends, Jean and Kady, were fraternal twins. Their greatest ambition was to be gypsies.-Scott's girlfriend Claire had a daughter, Hanna, who served as a great stress reliever for Arden. (That is, aside from Jace.)-Speaking of Jace, he was the first boy Arden kissed. He kept coming around to help her. I also rooted for them so bad but...Boo!s-... unfortunately, there weren't much swoony moments for them.-While Scott's reason for his disappearance was valid, I wasn't satisfied with it. Marsha Qualey could have built a more dramatic explanation.
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