A Frozen Heart

by Elizabeth Rudnick

Overview

Anna is a princess of Arendelle. Locked away from the outside world for years, Anna is desperate to leave her lonely life behind. Her parents are gone, and her sister, Elsa—the only person who might show her an ounce of love—is cold and distant. Hans is a prince of the Southern Isles. As thirteenth in line to the throne, Hans is desperate to escape the tyranny of his father and older brothers and find a kingdom of his own to rule. Their worlds collide at Elsa’s coronation. At first, it seems as if all Anna’s dreams have come true. At last she has found someone to love. But as Hans’s true motivations come to light, their fairy-tale romance begins to melt away and Anna discovers that love is a more mysterious—and powerful—force than she ever could have imagined.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484736630
Publisher:	Disney Press
Publication date:	10/06/2015
Sold by:	DISNEY PUBLISHING WORLDWIDE -EBKS
Format:	eBook
File size:	908 KB
Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

About the Author

Elizabeth Rudnick has written over thirty books, includingthe original novel Tweet Heart and tie-ins such as Frankenweenie: ANovel; Oz: The Great and Powerful; and the best-selling junior novelbased on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. She lives on CapeCod with her husband and two lovable mutts, Jack and Ginger.

Editorial Reviews

2015-08-26
Back story is explored in this novel based on Disney's Frozen. Anna and Elsa are princesses who live in Arendelle. As youngsters they are close, but an accident causes Elsa, the elder, to distance herself from Anna. Anna has no memory of the accident and no one enlightens her, so she spends the next 14 years wondering why her sister avoids her. Meanwhile Prince Hans of the Southern Isles, who has 12 older, bullying brothers, plots to get his own kingdom. He finds his chance when he learns that Elsa will be crowned queen of Arendelle. Making his way there, he woos Anna by mistake. Anna, however, thinks she's found true love. Told in alternating chapters and points of view between Hans and Anna, the story lurches along. Action scenes read as detached description, and there are more than a few plot inconsistencies. Hans, whose manipulative behavior is explained by his repressive upbringing—a promising premise—never gets beyond one-dimensional, and Anna, with her vapid, textureless voice, is trite at best. The story's theme of true love (heads up, girls—true love means sacrifice) is a reinforcement of outdated stereotypes. This story tries to cater to both younger girls' dreams of being a princess and older girls' desires for both empowerment and romance but misses the mark on both. (Fantasy. 10-13)

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