Bryan Schmidt Schmidt itibaren Orv'yanytsya, Rivnens'ka oblast, Ukrayna itibaren Orv'yanytsya, Rivnens'ka oblast, Ukrayna

you must read freire if you plan to go to more school or teach formally or have kids. . or lead a group in something. .

A retelling of "East of the Sun, West of the Moon," from the point of view of a young woman who has been raised as an Arctic researcher, specializing in--surprise! Polar bears! All her life Cassie has been told by her father that her mother died. The only differing opinion came from her grandmother, who used to tell her of the bargains made for and by the Polar Bear King, about Cassie's grandfather the North Wind, her mother who was stolen and hidden in the trolls' castle, of Cassie's own birth and the promise that gave her to the Polar Bear King. Now the Polar Bear King has come for her, and Cassie must find the determination to face the tale and make sense of her life. Can she save her mother--and her new love? Can she stop the polar bears from being stillborn and soulless? Maybe you should wear your winter coat while reading this. Sarah evokes the Arctic setting so beautifully and so realistically that you feel a little snow blind when you look away from the book!

I'm going to come back to this one when I figure out what it is I'm meant to do...

I was in high school when I read it. I don't remember much.