Ice Drift

This is such a good read. Well written.

It had me hooked from the start, and it only get better from there. You’ll be on the edge of you’re seat the entire time!

My 9 year old found this book for his kindle and we read little bits every night. So far so good. Great character & story. Visual writing which we like to talk about different stes of writing. Can't wait to finish and take it all in.;)

My son has absolutely loved this book! I got him this book as one of his Christmas gifts and he couldn't put it down. Also, the quality of how the book is made and holds up is excellent, considering it is paperback!

The item arrived with folded pages and my ten year old son wants a refund. He refused to read it until as week when I let him know I would reply to a review. He actually wanted me to return it but being a math wizard he did the calculation and realized it was not cost effective.

Read this on the recommendation of my grandson. A good read!

Arrived in great condition.

In my wildest dreams I can not imagine living on an ice floe for 7 days let alone 7 months. Well that is what Ice Drift is about. It was written by a very talented author named Theodore Taylor. This adventure book is about two brothers and their dog that are stranded on an ice floe. What will happen? The main characters in this book are 14 year old Alika, 10 year old Sulu, and their dog Jamka. Alika is strong, courageous, and skillful. Jamka is helpful and protective, and Sulu is understanding, meek, and full of questions. The adventure starts when the chunk of ice Alika, Sulu and Jamka are standing upon breaks off and drifts away while Alika is hunting seals. The big question in their minds is will we survive? A big problem and event in this story is survival. Alika, Sulu, and Jamka needed shelter, food, and protection. For shelter they built a big igloo out of chuncks of ice. The igloo takes a whole day to build. For food they stood at seal holes picked out by Jamka. Alika and Sulu stood for hours sometimes without catching anything, but most of the time they did. Lastly, they needed protection from predators, especially naunk (polar bears). Their hard work finally paid off when they got rescued by hunters. It was a good thing too, because Sulu fell in the water near the end of their adventure on the ice floe. He got sick, but he got the care he needed when they got rescued. They all made it! My favorite scene in the book was when Alika, Sulu, and Jamka's homecoming. To me, this was a symbol of the courage and strength it took to overcome their challenges and live to tell the story. My favorite character in Ice Drift was Alika because at night when Sulu would ask questions about their home village of Nunatak, he would always try to answer them in the most positive way.What really stood out for me was how the author put lots of work making the characters so interesting, and how every minute of the book was so good you didn't want to put it down. I would highly recommend this book because it has a lot of adventure, survival, and the characters are fun. I would rate this book a nine for the same reasons. Ice Drift is a great book!