Sugar and Ice by Kate Messner

Our next holiday pick is SUGAR AND ICE by Kate Messner. It will make a perfect gift for any girl who likes skating, theatre, dance or other competitive athletic or artistic endeavors. For Claire Boucher, life is all about skating on the frozen cow pond and in the annual Maple Show right before the big pancake breakfast on her family's farm. But all that changes when a charismatic Russian skating coach offers Claire a scholarship to train with the elite in Lake Placid. Tossed into a world of mean girls on ice, where competition is everything, Claire realizes that her sweet dream come true has sharper edges than she could have imagined. Can she find the strength to stand up to the people who want to see her fail and the courage to decide which dream she wants to follow?

Winter 2010-2011 Kids Indie Next List

Junior Library Guild Selection