hasn’t been any snow and none is
the festival. Talk of cancelling the
inn and other small businesses at risk.

even spills over to Mia’s friend
rift. Add a light touch of romance for
amount of drama in this cozy read.

‘Prisoner of Ice and Snow’
By Ruth Lauren
When Valor’s arrow missed the
purpose—she didn’t want to
him, she just wanted to be arrested
prison where her sister is. The prison
to be inescapable, but Valor has a
once trapped in harsh conditions and
by snow, ice and frozen tundra, Valor
needs to work with more people to
a successful. A rollicking fantasy
feel of a folktale, readers will quickly be
the sequel.

‘I Survived: The Children’s
By Lauren Tarshis,
illustrated by Scott Dawson
John wasn’t happy when his family
and snowy Dakota Territory, but
settled in and made new friends. He
first winter was bad, but when a sunny
turns snowy, John finds himself
the worst blizzards in history, with
snow falling in mere hours. Will he
find his way home through the snow
YOUNG ADULT
‘Love and Other Train
By Leah Konen
Noah and Ammy do not make a
impression on each other, but



BOOK MARKED
before
puts the
The tension
causing a
the right
it was on
assassinate
sent to the
is supposed
However,
surrounded
realizes she
her plans
with the
reaching for
breaks down in the middle of a snowstorm,
they team up to make their way to their shared
destination. Of course, every new mode of
transportation they try brings its own problems,
with both characters fearing they won’t arrive in
time for their engagements. Told in alternating
perspectives, readers slowly learn about Noah and
Ammy’s backstories as the two characters grow
closer to each other as they get closer to home.

‘Trapped’ By Michael Northrop
When school is dismissed early due to a major
snowstorm, Scotty and a few friends stay late to
work on a project while waiting for their rides. But
their rides never show, leaving the seven students
stranded. A teacher goes for help and never returns.

The power goes out and the pipes freeze as the hours
turn to days. The situation becomes dire as the kids
must work to survive; the first sentence reveals
that not all of them will make it. A suspenseful
1888’ page-turner.

to cold
a year, he’s
thought his
suddenly
in one of
10 feet of
be able to
wind? ‘The Impossible Rescue: The True
Story of an Amazing Arctic Rescue’
By Martin W. Sandler
In the winter of 1897-98, eight whaling ships got
caught in the ice off the Alaskan coast. Trapped
there until spring, the crews faced a winter of
starvation. Unable to send relief by boat, the US
Revenue Cutter Service (a precursor to the Coast
Guard) sent a small group to make the nearly 2,000-
mile journey overland by sled and foot. Along the
way, they gathered reindeer herds for the trapped
whalers to use as food. Sandler makes wonderful
use of primary sources, especially photographs,
great first in telling this gripping tale of survival against the
their train elements. n
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