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Summary: Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. They had been best friends since they were six, spending hot Minneapolis summers and cold Minneapolis winters together, dreaming of Hogwarts and Oz, superheroes and baseball. Now that they were eleven, it was weird for a boy and a girl to be best friends. But they couldn't help it - Hazel and Jack fit, in that way you only read about in books. And they didn't fit anywhere else.

And then, one day, it was over. Jack just stopped talking to Hazel. And while her mom tried to tell her that this sometimes happens to boys and girls at this age, Hazel had read enough stories to know that it's never that simple. And it turns out, she was right. Jack's heart had been frozen, and he was taken into the woods by a woman dressed in white to live in a palace made of ice. Now, it's up to Hazel to venture into the woods after him. Hazel finds, however, that these woods are nothing like what she's read about, and the Jack that Hazel went in to save isn't the same Jack that will emerge. Or even the same Hazel.

Thoughts: The Snow Queen is one of my favorite fairytales and I'm constantly looking for retellings, similar to Alice in Wonderland. One retelling that came highly recommended was this book. Honestly, it was hard to get into the story in the beginning as it started off pretty slowly. Once it finally picked up though, it was a pretty good story and a fascinating retelling, really capturing the fairytale feel of the original story. I definitely recommend it!

Content: Some creepy scenes and magic. Otherwise, clean for all ages.