Prisoner of Ice and Snow (Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2017) by Ruth Lauren is a compelling fantasy that I found difficult to put down.
Thirteen-year-old Valor wants to go to prison. It’s the only way she can save her twin sister, Sasha. So Valor does the only thing she can think of–shoots at the royal prince during a parade. She misses, but is sentenced to life in prison for threatening a royal’s life. Once in prison, however, she can’t find her sister. How can Valor and her sister escape if she can’t even find Sasha?
The book is a Junior Library Guild selection.
This is Ruth Lauren’s debut book. You can read about her on her website and see the UK cover, which I actually like better than the US cover. Her next book, Seeker of the Crown, comes out in 2018.
