Crossing the Black Ice Bridge

September 15, 2020
Four junior explorers brave the cursed Black Ice Bridge in this adventure-filled third book of the Polar Bear Explorers' Club series. Stella Starflake Pearl and her adoptive father, Felix, are expelled from the Polar Bear Explorers' Club for breaking club rules in their last expedition. On top of that, she is wanted for arrest for being an ice princess, something deemed a danger to society. But that doesn't stop Stella and her three friends, Shay, Ethan, and Beanie, from setting out on a dangerous expedition. On their last adventure, Shay's shadow wolf was bitten by a witch wolf, and it seems that Shay is slowly turning into a witch wolf himself. The only person who can save him is on the other side of the treacherous Black Ice Bridge. Encountering gargoyles, red devil squids, and a gentleman flamingo, Stella and her friends must travel the bridge that no explorer has ever successfully crossed. With magic, danger, and mythical creatures, this book is fast paced and full of action and adventure. Detailed black-and-white drawings scattered throughout the book give readers a tantalizing glimpse into this world. Powerful one-liners reinforce messages of not judging others for being born the way they are and not being defined by one element of your being. Characters are cued as White. An exciting adventure. (Fantasy. 8-12)

COPYRIGHT(2020) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.