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  • A blackout and a blizzard leave 17-year-old Lottie and her new stepsister, Jade, trapped in an isolated ski cabin in Tahoe. They are soon joined by a cute, fast-talking stranger named Alex, who claims to be lost and in need of shelter, but the…
    Book, 2022Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Fire, [2022] — Fiction
  • Seven high school students are stranded at their New England high school during a week-long blizzard that shuts down the power and heat, freezes the pipes, and leaves them wondering if they will survive.
    Book, 2011New York : Scholastic Press, 2011. — Fiction
  • Willo Blake, born after the 2059 snows that ushered in a new ice age, encounters outlaws, halfmen, and an abandoned girl as he journeys in search of his family, who disappeared from the freezing mountain that was their home.
    Book, 2012New York : Feiwel & Friends, 2012. — Fiction
  • On an island cursed by eternal winter, Sylvi agrees to run a late-season haul for a smuggler, but when they reach their destination, Sylvi must decide if she can abandon her cherished solitude and anonymity--and the favor of the icy spirit…
    Book, 2020New York : Amulet Books, 2020. — Fiction
  • Desperate to reach her grieving mother, Mira joins a group of college students driving home after their flight is stranded, but the road conditions are not the only mortal danger they face.
    Book, 2020Naperville, IL : Sourcebooks Fire, [2020] — Fiction
  • When her grandparents leave her in charge of their estate, Salome is forced to face her fears of winter and the frozen pond that she fell through as a child.
    Book, 2014Fort Collins, CO : Entangled Publishing, LLC, 2014. — Fiction
  • In all the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house, Grace has been particularly drawn to an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who, in his turn, has been watching her with increasing intensity.
    Book, 2009New York : Scholastic, 2009. — Fiction
  • Scavenging the dead to survive while her desperate neighbors risk their lives to search for a legendary treasure, a teen is forced to traverse a dangerous frozen wasteland with an inexperienced partner to save her sister from a ruthless kidnapper.
    Book, 2021New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2021] — Fiction
  • On a frozen wasteland of a planet, 17-year-old Sena and a she-wolf, Iska, are on the run from a ruthless leader intent on trapping them both, but as they try to escape one question drives them relentlessly forward: where do you turn when there is…
    Book, 2022New York : Wednesday Books, 2022. — Fiction