Ice

By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Book Overview

Why had her father left, and why did she never hear from him? Even if her mother had divorced him, why had he forgotten her, too? For three years Chrissa has been angry. Too angry to speak to her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689818726
• ISBN13: 9780689818721
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Simon Pulse
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

Ice

Thirteen year-old Chrissa doesn't understand why her father left Chrissa and her mother three years ago. While too angry to even talk to her mother, Chrissa questions herself: Why did father leave? Was I the daughter father wanted me to be? Lorraine, Chrissa's mother, can't stand Chrissa's silences any longer. Chrissa is sent to live with her father's mother in the peaceful country, forced to leave her New york City home. At first she hates the idea, then Chrissa decides she might get some answers of why her father walked away from her life. After chrissa arrives she discovers a mysterious drawer while Gram is away at work. "I must find that key!" Chrissa thinks. All the while more suspicions arrive. Chrissa discovers strength she never knew she had. She has to use that strength to face the most annhiliating secret of all.

The Life of Chrissa

A Review by RachelChrissa Jennings is a thirteen year old confused teenager. Why her father left her three years ago is still a question to her. She has failed to talk to her mother because she just wouldn?t understand, so she is sent to her grandmother?s out in the country. Maybe this will be where Chrissa can find the answers to her questions, instead she finds out a whole lot more than she bargained for. Will she be able to find out the real truth while trying to help someone close to her?This book was definitely by far one of the best books I have ever read. The characters were so real and fun filled that it was hard for me to ever put the book down. Every page had something new and exciting in it. For example when Chrissa was walking home from school down the dirt road to her grandmother?s a white Buick came at her at almost fifty miles an hour as if they were trying to kill her. When she told her grandmother she thought it was Sister Harmony?s nephew she was thought to be a liar. Also this book has so many twists and turns that you never know what is actually the truth until the end. For example when Chrissa is talking to Sister Harmony?s nephew she almost thought that it was her father, but since her grandmother is holding something back you never find out who and where her father is until the very end. This book is very interesting and well written and very realistic because all the events that take place could actually happen.This book was a awesome book! Its not one of the books that you have to read for a little bit and then get into it the excitement starts in the first chapter and ends in the last line of the book! Ice is on of those books that when reading it, it actually feels like you are with the characters in the book while everything is happening. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves to read a fun filled book, can?t put down, exciting book. This book is such a fantastic book and anyone who reads it will enjoy it!

Wonderful Book

I thought that this was wonderful I couldn't put it down! It has a surprise ending! You don't want to put it down b/c u can't wait to see what happens! I highly recommend it to you!

IT WAS GREAT!!

I loved this book! It was interesting and original. I think it was realistic too. I even think of Chrissa and the other characters as real people. I really liked how she had flashbacks of when she was with her father, but later on in the book there were less and less of them until there were none. This is one of my favorite books ever, and I hope Phyllis Reynolds Naylor writes a sequal to it!

AN EXCELLENT BOOK

This is one of my favorite books! The emotions, characters, and surroundings are described so well, it's almost like you're actually living with Chrissa in her Grandma's house! I really enjoyed this book. It's packed full of emotion, suspense, and mystery. I LOVED THIS BOOK! If you enjoy reading well-written books that are hard to get off your mind, YOU'RE IN FOR A REAL TREAT! This is one book you just CAN NOT MISS!