Can life be any more challenging for thirteen-year-old Chrissa Jennings? Her parents' divorce has left Chrissa hurt, angry, and lonely. Her father appears to have abandoned her; Chrissa's mother gives her no explanation for the absence of Nick Jennings (father), whom Chrissa has not seen in three years.

Chrissa has an icy relationship with her mother and refuses to talk to her; consequently,mother sends Chrissa to live with her paternal grandmother. Country life with Gram is different from life in New York City. Gram's home is drab, but does have a yard, a pond, and an inviting, peaceful woods. At Gram's Chrissa meets the strange Sister Harmony and Harmony's sinister nephew. Chrissa starts a furtive search for her father.

Ice has several subplots and an exciting conclusion. ( )

I think this is a good book. But the genre I am not so sure about it is kind of hard to tell!