This is a really cute book.

I enjoyed the dance references, but really enjoyed the Antarctica parts! It made me want to run off to Antarctica for six months to just enjoy the cold and the silence.

Good characters - even the side characters - and a main character to root for.

Feel good book!

3.25 stars. It took me over a year to read this because I'm horrible. Review to come.

Due to being a high school teacher, I have been falling behind on reviews. Here are my initial thoughts.

This book may be the one to break my streak of "meh" books this year. So good.

I used to love ballet books and this one gave me all those same feelings as before. Harper's (not named after the author) journey of personal growth and actual journey to/in/during Antarctica's Winter Over are interposed with the story of how she got there from San Francisco. I will be buying this book for the high school. I am fascinated with the story of the South Pole and have studied a bit of Shackleton's journey so that also helped.