This is a story readers will love again and again!' -Jennifer A. I was captivated from the first word to the last.

Valor is an engaging heroine who never loses courage, even when everything goes wrong. ' Prisoner of Ice and Snow is an exciting, fast-paced story, full of twists and turns. This exciting middle-grade debut effortlessly melds an unforgettable protagonist, a breathless plot, and stunning world-building-and is impossible to put down. And if the plan fails, she and Sasha could end up with fates worse than prison. If Valor's plan is to succeed, she'll need to make some unlikely allies. But she didn't count on having to outsmart both the guards and her fellow prisoners. Valor has a master plan and resources most people could only dream about.

Never mind that no one has escaped the prison in centuries. Valor's twin sister, Sasha, is serving a life sentence for stealing from the royal family, and Valor is going to help her escape. Demidova's prison for criminal children is exactly where she wants to be. When thirteen-year-old Valor is sent to jail, she couldn't be happier. Set once again in the icy and dangerous queendom of Demidova, Ruth Lauren sweeps readers on another unforgettable adventure alongside an equally unforgettable heroine.She'll do anything to break her sister out of prison-even get arrested on purpose. Relying on her own instincts - and some allies she can't quite trust - Valor must navigate twisting city streets, bustling docks, and hidden passages to foil Anastasia' nefarious plot before it's too late. and tearing her newly reunited family apart. If Valor can't restore the rightful ruler, she risks getting sent back to prison. So when the queen, desperate to find her daughter, asks Valor and Sasha to track Anastasia down, they don't hesitate to accept the perilous assignment.īut just as the girls team up with old friends to embark on the search, the queen vanishes without a trace. But the girl responsible for her imprisonment, Princess Anastasia, has gone missing, and Valor still longs for justice. One month has passed since Valor broke her twin sister Sasha out of jail. The second book in this fresh, thrilling middle-grade fantasy series that's Percy Jackson meets Frozen.

Prisoner of Ice and Snow by Ruth Lauren