Mary QuattlebaumMessner creates believable tensions among characters and especially within the main character…Contemporary kids, a-whirl in extracurriculars, will be able to relate to likable Claire. They will cheer her through double axels, difficult decisions and a number of surprising turns in the final chapters.
—The Washington Post
Children's Literature
- Nancy Baumann
From skating on a cow pond in Mojimuk Falls to the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, Claire Boucher finds herself thrust into an elite skating world that is her dream. However dreams never reveal how difficult competition will be or how training, travel and schoolwork leave no time for a life or her best friend.
