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On Edge
After an intense ice skating camp in San Francisco, Madison Boone is excited to begin a new season with her best friend Hannah.
But when Hannah’s parents announce that they are moving to California to train with a new coach, Madison is devastated. How can she navigate freshman year and training for Regionals without her?
While trying to figure out how to cope without Hannah, Madison and her younger sister take on a new client in their pet-sitting service who not only have the most adorable puppy, but a very cute 15 year old son, Dylan, who quickly becomes the most talked about boy in school. When his twin sister, Sydney, joins the Emerald City Figure Skating club, she turns out to be Madison’s biggest obstacle to winning the Northwest Pacific Regional competition.
Just when Hannah starts to make friends with Sydney, she learns a secret that will test whether she’ll do the right thing, risking her relationship with Dylan.
Will Hannah trust her instincts or will her fear of failure keep her On Edge?
But when Hannah’s parents announce that they are moving to California to train with a new coach, Madison is devastated. How can she navigate freshman year and training for Regionals without her?
While trying to figure out how to cope without Hannah, Madison and her younger sister take on a new client in their pet-sitting service who not only have the most adorable puppy, but a very cute 15 year old son, Dylan, who quickly becomes the most talked about boy in school. When his twin sister, Sydney, joins the Emerald City Figure Skating club, she turns out to be Madison’s biggest obstacle to winning the Northwest Pacific Regional competition.
Just when Hannah starts to make friends with Sydney, she learns a secret that will test whether she’ll do the right thing, risking her relationship with Dylan.
Will Hannah trust her instincts or will her fear of failure keep her On Edge?
200 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 27, 2014
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November 11, 2014
I thoroughly enjoyed this book by Sarah Lawson. Personally, I don't know anything about ice skating, so this book was very interesting and a fresh read. Sara Lawson has impressed me with her interesting writing style as she adds enough to get your own imagination run wild. The characters were well thought out and I utterly enjoyed the plot.
Another reason why I am entertained by this book is the way it is written from a teenager/young adult's perspective. Although I personally would have liked Maddie to help Sydney with her secret, it is not always how teenagers think about such situations. It is clear that Maddie was torn between her emotions for doing what is right and what is right for her. She was thinking about the new boy and winning and in the end did not do what I expected. The Author has written with a twist to surprise the reader.
This is exactly my final awesome vote on this book. Even as teenagers/young adults, life will hand you circumstances or situations and you will need to make a decision, which is the easy part. The difficult part comes with the consequences of that decision and maybe we can wait and see, perhaps Sarah Lawson will surprise us with a second book on this...
I highly recommend this book to any young girl out there. It will surely question your own beliefs. Well done to Sara Lawson!
Another reason why I am entertained by this book is the way it is written from a teenager/young adult's perspective. Although I personally would have liked Maddie to help Sydney with her secret, it is not always how teenagers think about such situations. It is clear that Maddie was torn between her emotions for doing what is right and what is right for her. She was thinking about the new boy and winning and in the end did not do what I expected. The Author has written with a twist to surprise the reader.
This is exactly my final awesome vote on this book. Even as teenagers/young adults, life will hand you circumstances or situations and you will need to make a decision, which is the easy part. The difficult part comes with the consequences of that decision and maybe we can wait and see, perhaps Sarah Lawson will surprise us with a second book on this...
I highly recommend this book to any young girl out there. It will surely question your own beliefs. Well done to Sara Lawson!
October 30, 2014
Great book for young skaters!
June 29, 2021
Ok to read once for skaters or young girls
What I would really like to have available to young skaters is a more realistic read about kids struggling with Axels and double jumps, school and skating, financial issues and skating's cost to the family in both dollars and time.
What I would really like to have available to young skaters is a more realistic read about kids struggling with Axels and double jumps, school and skating, financial issues and skating's cost to the family in both dollars and time.
February 4, 2017
OK so I realize this is a YA book. It's a tween book.
And I'm the first to admit that I love gratuitous teen fiction, and I was obsessed with the Silver Blades series when I was in middle school/high school. ANd I'm old now and cynical LOL.
But still...the fact is, the only POC I saw in the whole book was MIchelle frickin' Kwan. Literally the only non-white person. And obviously it's a limited genre in terms of length...but really? Not resolving anything at all? IN a few years this book is gonna be SO DATED. But it is what it is...it doesn't really pretend to be anything more, and it was a pretty nice drunk read.
And I'm the first to admit that I love gratuitous teen fiction, and I was obsessed with the Silver Blades series when I was in middle school/high school. ANd I'm old now and cynical LOL.
But still...the fact is, the only POC I saw in the whole book was MIchelle frickin' Kwan. Literally the only non-white person. And obviously it's a limited genre in terms of length...but really? Not resolving anything at all? IN a few years this book is gonna be SO DATED. But it is what it is...it doesn't really pretend to be anything more, and it was a pretty nice drunk read.
January 19, 2016
Good skating book
If you like Jennifer Comeaux's Edge series, then you will like this series. More for the young adult crowd but interesting to see what work goes into skating competitively. Certain arcs were usual tropes but a good overall story. Looking forward to the next book in the series.
If you like Jennifer Comeaux's Edge series, then you will like this series. More for the young adult crowd but interesting to see what work goes into skating competitively. Certain arcs were usual tropes but a good overall story. Looking forward to the next book in the series.
January 17, 2015
Good relaxing read
it was a good teen read. Not at all complex, but gave the reader a look into what competitive figure skating may be like.
it was a good teen read. Not at all complex, but gave the reader a look into what competitive figure skating may be like.
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