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Jul 30, 2019 · One by one his friends are deserting him. On top of that, his dad has a gambling problem and his mom left town. His dad is two months behind in rent and he's counting on his prediction for the ice melt contest being correct. Ked has no faith in the contest, so he takes $200 of the rent money and buys an old mini-bike.
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Jul 30, 2019 · ON THIN ICE. A sharp, sympathetic insight into poverty, family, friendship, and forgiveness. A boy with a rare spinal deformity makes a desperate bet to keep his home. “ [E]verything you subtract adds up,” 12-year-old Ked Eakins—aka “Freakins”—remarks, summarizing his life till seventh grade. After Ked was diagnosed with kyphosis ...
This underdog tale about a unique middle schooler is Michael Northrop at his gritty, gripping, unflinching best. It is a powerful portrait of a failing factory town and the families who are being dragged down with it. Ultimately, On Thin Ice is about daring to create when your whole world is crumbling. Author’s note.
- Upper Elementary & Junior High Plus
Jul 30, 2019 · New York Times bestselling author Michael Northrop captures the middle-school experience -- from the hurt to the hope -- in this powerful story of creativity in the face of cruelty. Life for 12-year-old Ked Eakins isn't easy. The school bully is after him, a lump on his back has made him a social outcast, and his last remaining friend recently ...
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Jul 30, 2019 · On Thin Ice. Michael Northrop. Scholastic Inc., Jul 30, 2019 - Juvenile Fiction - 240 pages. New York Times bestselling author Michael Northrop captures the middle-school experience -- from the hurt and horror to the hope -- in this powerful story of acceptance and identity. If I did something risky now, something big -- it's almost like it ...
- Michael Northrop
- Scholastic Inc., 2019
- 054549592X, 9780545495929
- On Thin Ice
Jun 21, 2019 · On Thin Ice by Michael Northrop. From Goodreads, "Ked Eakins is about to lose everything. He's just discovered that his dad has gambled away their rent money. They're going to get kicked out of their home. But Ked is determined to fight back. He hatches a plan to save their apartment by rebuilding a vintage minibike in his school's maker space ...
On Thin Ice. by Michael Northrop. If I did something risky now, something big — it’s almost like it wouldn’t even be my fault. Almost like it might even work. Ked Eakins is about to lose everything. He’s just discovered that his dad has gambled away their rent money. They’re going to get kicked out of their home.
