Ice

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Simon Pulse, $12.95 (260pp) ISBN 978-0-689-81872-1

Newbery Medalist Naylor offers the story of a teenage girl with a frozen heart; mourning her father's disappearance, she goes to live with her grandmother in the country, only to discover her own strength and her father's secret. Ages 12-up. (Feb.)

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