Of Ice and Icing

Title: OF ICE AND ICING
Author: Cassie Vlk
Artist: Hannah England
Publisher: Baker Trittin Press
2008
ISBN: 978-0-981489322
Genre: youth

Fifteen year old Bromm has lived with his aunt and cousin since his parents were killed in an automobile accident when he was a baby. He knows little about his parents or the business his aunt owns, but finds it amusing that his aunt doesn’t know how to cook yet she runs a gourmet food service.

Now, Bromm is a hockey star, and the fan of an over-zealous girl at school who is stalking him. He thinks his life is over when he’s assigned to sit next to Gayle in Biology. But instead, he discovers that Gayle knows secrets about his life that Bromm doesn’t know.

When Bromm and Gayle start investigating Bromm’s aunt’s business, they discover that B’s Gourmet Foods has a lot of mystery surrounding it. Why is Bromm’s aunt so secretive?

OF ICE AND ICING is a fun mystery written by a new author, Cassie Vlk. Cassie was one of the young author finalists in Baker Trittin Press’ 2007 writing contest. Number three in the Tweener Time Championship Series, it easily stands alone.

OF ICE AND ICING is sure to appeal to tweeners (ages 8 – 12) who love hockey, or just plain love to read. The story has a lot of interesting twists and turns, and while I figured out where it was going fairly early on, I was still surprised by some of the events in the book. Make sure you pick up OF ICE AND ICING for your favorite tweener. $10.95. 100 pages.