Language: G (0 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: G; Violence: G
BUYING ADVISORY: MS - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
12yo Phoebe and Dax are twins. Both are skaters. Phoebe is a competitive figure skater, but when her partner tears his ACL, she will miss her final qualifying event. Dax has been on the same hockey team for the past 5 years. But at tryouts for the all-star elite team, Dax plays a practical joke on some teammates. A new kid is picked for goalie, and Dax doesn't make the team. Desperate to improve his skills and get back on the team, as well as earn some fancy skates the rest of the team wears, Dax agrees to be Phoebe's new partner.
I love that On Thin Ice is told in alternating perspectives - Phoebe's and Dax's. Although there isn't hockey action, boys will enjoy this as much as girls. The cover picture makes it look like a romance, and while there is a little bit of match making and a crush, it's a family story, about grieving for their father who died and learning to help each other. Jessica Kim seems to make her characters 12 when they could easily be 13 or 14. I hope the suggested readership of 9-12 doesn't turn off the older readers, or prevent Jr. high librarians from purchasing. The Bae family is Korean.
Lisa Librarian
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