Thin Ice

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Summary: Her Faith Was Never Lost
Review: A review by Bree
Scott and Arden are brother and sister, their parents died in a plane crash when they were little. Scott has been raising Arden ever since he can remember. Arden and Scott have learned over time not or intrude or become too nosey about each other's lives.

This book was perfect for me. It was written in a language that I could easily understand. However, it was not so easy that I felt that I was reading in an elementary school level. The author explains things clearly and doesn't move the pace of the book too fast. There were a few unfamiliar words but it pushed me to read beyond my level. The subject of this book also made it perfect for me. I enjoy reading books and "real situations." Thin Ice is a serious book that really puts the reader into the characters shoes.

I would strongly recommend this cook to young readers who enjoy reading stories about real situations. I would recommend it for 6th grade and above because of the content and concepts of the book.

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Summary: The BEST Book ever!
Review: I've owned this book for only a year and I've read it over 10 times. 17 year old Arden is an orpha. The only family she has is her 29 year old brother Scott.After a near collusion death her brother Scott starts acting depressed. A couple of weeks later he dissapears while snowmobiling, the same way he almost died. His body is never found but the town of Penoke believes he's dead...except Arden. She searches for him but never suceeds that winter. I won't tell you if she finds him or not but it is an awesome book. Arden is a hilarious character with her wit and sarcasm.My favorite book!

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Summary: Her Faith Was Never Lost
Review: Marsha Qualey's Thin Ice evokes mystery and adventure in a small Wisconsin town. Set mostly in the snowy confines of a harsh winter, Thin Ice invokes all the familiar components of growing up in the Midwest; the twist to the story is the mysterious death of Arden's older brother, Scott.

Arden and Scott grew up on their own (Scott is twelve years older than Arden) after their parents died in a plane crash. The book opens with the highly creative and sarcastic Arden turning seventeen and the hardworking and resourceful Scott breaking through an icy patch of stream while riding his snowmobile. Less than a month after surviving the first crash, Scott is pronounced dead after having a second eerily similar crash through the thin ice of a rushing river.

The mystery advances as Arden refuses to accept her brother's death (it is too dangerous for a rescue team to dive for his body). Teenager turned detective, Arden works through many promising leads until she exhausts herself with the grief and hard work that go into this enterprise. She also puts her friendships and future in jeopardy as she becomes obsessed with the death and life of her brother.

Sometimes witty, sometimes depressing, Arden's voice rings true as she interacts with adults who fawn over her, rowdy teens who crash her house to party, and good friends who lose patience with her nonconformist coping strategies.

Qualey is a pro at teaming angst teenage girls with mystery. Young readers who enjoy Qualey's books will probably grow up to read P.D. James, Sue Grafton, Amanda Cross, Agatha Christie and other female mystery writers devoted to pairing strong women characters with "who done it?" situations.

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Summary: Thin Ice Cracks with Excitement
Review: Marsha Qualey's Thin Ice evokes mystery and adventure in a small Wisconsin town. Set mostly in the snowy confines of a harsh winter, Thin Ice invokes all the familiar components of growing up in the Midwest; the twist to the story is the mysterious death of Arden's older brother, Scott.

Arden and Scott grew up on their own (Scott is twelve years older than Arden) after their parents died in a plane crash. The book opens with the highly creative and sarcastic Arden turning seventeen and the hardworking and resourceful Scott breaking through an icy patch of stream while riding his snowmobile. Less than a month after surviving the first crash, Scott is pronounced dead after having a second eerily similar crash through the thin ice of a rushing river.

The mystery advances as Arden refuses to accept her brother's death (it is too dangerous for a rescue team to dive for his body). Teenager turned detective, Arden works through many promising leads until she exhausts herself with the grief and hard work that go into this enterprise. She also puts her friendships and future in jeopardy as she becomes obsessed with the death and life of her brother.

Sometimes witty, sometimes depressing, Arden's voice rings true as she interacts with adults who fawn over her, rowdy teens who crash her house to party, and good friends who lose patience with her nonconformist coping strategies.

Qualey is a pro at teaming angst teenage girls with mystery. Young readers who enjoy Qualey's books will probably grow up to read P.D. James, Sue Grafton, Amanda Cross, Agatha Christie and other female mystery writers devoted to pairing strong women characters with "who done it?" situations.

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Summary: Captivating!
Review: The story surronds a teenager, Arden Munro and her obsessive search for her lost brother Scott, who as everyone believes died in a tragic snowmobile accident. Arden, whose orphaned and been raised by her older borhter, believes he staged his accident. Desptie her friends objections, she goes on a wild goose chase to find him in this page turner. Qualey mixed humor with suspense and the plain reality that sometimes you haev to go against others to stick to your own opinion. Arden does learn though more about Scott's life, his pregnant girlfriend and exactly how hard he worked to raise her. In the end though, she gets her question's answered, and a little "i told you so" payback from those who didn't believe her. The only problem I found was how she was willing to forgive Scott for actually staging his death than I was

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Summary: THE MYSTERY OF THIN ICE STIMULATE A CURIOSITY
Review: This 261-pages mystery novel, Thin Ice, is written by Marsha Qualey. The story is told by main character, Arden. She is a seventeen-year-old girl who has grown up with her brother in small Wisconsin town after their parents died in a plane crash. Her brother, Scott, is twelve years older than her. One day, Scott crashes his snowmobile through the thin ice on a river, and every body presumes he is dead except for Arden. From this moment, the story falls into mystery. Because the book is written in first point of view, a teenager, the sentences are very outspoken style when Arden narrating. Also, many dialogues are used especially when the time the author has to explaining the situations, but they take important part, which is the giving clue of mystery. The main character, Arden, has a positive characteristic. She is creative, and independent because she has her own workshop, so she makes some frames, and sells them. She is also a stubborn teenager because she refuses to accept her brother¡¯s death. People think it¡¯s brought on by depression. At the same time, the conflict between Arden and the other characters begins. In addition, Arden is a dynamic character. At the beginning of the story she is just a common or frail teenager who has risen by her brother, but she becomes one great teenager who establishes her identity by herself. Because the author makes all the truth about the mystery of Scott¡¯s death clear at the end, each scene stimulates the reader¡¯s curiosity and the unexpected situations make the reader keep surprising. So, this book is fast-paced reading. The author writes this book to make the readers to consider about family, and to show the process of establish identity of one teenager. Even though the genre of the novel is mystery, this book is not too convoluted. Therefore, I highly recommend this book to all teenagers.