Description
When Cassie was little she thought her mother had been taken prisoner by trolls because of a deal she’d made with the Polar Bear King. Just a fairy tale to soothe a child whose mother had died. But on her eighteenth birthday, the “fairy tale” comes true when the Polar Bear King comes to take Cassie for his bride. Realizing she has the power to save her mother, Cassie makes her own deal with the bear and finds herself on a journey against time, traveling across the brutal Arctic to the land east of the sun and west of the moon. It is a journey that will teach Cassie the true meaning of love and family—and what it means to become an adult.
About the author(s)
Sarah Beth Durst is the author of young adult novels Conjured, Vessel, Drink Slay Love, Enchanted Ivy, The Lake House, Chasing Power, Fire and Heist, and Ice, as well as middle grade novels Spark, Catalyst, Even and Odd, The Shelterlings, The Stone Girl’s Story, Journey Across the Hidden Islands, The Girl Who Could Not Dream, Spy Ring, and the Into the Wild duology. Her adult novels include The Queens of Renthia series, The Lost series, The Deepest Blue, Race the Sands, The Bone Maker, The Lies Among Us, The Spellshop, and The Warbler. Roar and Sparkles Go to School is her first picture book. She has been a finalist for SFWA’s Andre Norton Award three times. Sarah lives in Stony Brook, New York, with her husband and children. Visit her at SarahBethDurst.com.
