Arctic Freeze

Race the Wild #3

by Kristin Earhart

The air might be freezing, but the race is heating up! Dev can't stop thinking about how much he'd disappointed his dad by signing up for The Wild Life.  But to win a race through the frozen Arctic tundra, where animals are ferocious and nature is extreme, the red team needs everyone to give it their all...even Dev!

And if he doesn't, his new friends may be giving him the cold shoulder...

Each chapter in this action-packed adventure series is bursting with totally true facts about wild and wonderful creatures, dangerous habitats, maps, and more!

Genres: Chapter Books, Childrens, Adventure, Friendship, Realistic Fiction, Summer, Animals

144 pages, Paperback

First published August 25, 2015

Reviews

[Alvina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this with my daughter. She really enjoyed it. Great read for ages 7-10.

[Debbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the last chapter my son was upset when they said in the past they had to shoot injured dogs. :-( I would recommend not reading that information to kiddos!!
Other than that, it's an exciting series. But we've forgotten who's on what team and if they've won or not. Hopefully they'll recap in book 4.

[Deacon Yeager · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was pretty scary when Mari and Dev got stuck in the quicksand. I'm glad Dev's quick thinking got them out.

[Alison · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the attempt to integrate information about animals and science but the storyline was weird and not interesting at all. It was an attempt to be suspenseful and adventurous that fell short

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book was good. I liked it because it outdoors and it seems fun if you were in the book. i could image what i would be like if i was in the book and doing the race. it´s a very cool book and the adventures are cool. i wanna do a race with this someday.

this book is about a race in the arctic. it will be a hard race they will have to dress to the freezing cold weather. if they don´t dress good that weather could get to them and take them out the race. the terrain is very hard to get though it will be a challenge. and the animal are very ferocious so don´t make them mad.

[Cathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I do appreciate the fact that the team doesn't always come in first. But do all of the other teams have to be such jerks?

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this to my class and it was interesting as well as informative! Now I want to read the rest of the series!

[Darsh Bhuva · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series is really good with really good descriptions of animals and how they look!

[chloe · Rating 5 out of 5]

it's dedicated to me so i may be biased...

[Mellanie C]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/14462014

[Katie Fitzgerald · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a review of both Great Reef Games and Arctic Freeze.

I was fairly critical of the first book of the series, Rain Forest Relay, but I liked these titles better. I still think the scientific facts presented between chapters are boring and superfluous, as so much science is already covered in the stories themselves, but the characterizations of the team members, and the team's struggle to reach first place and remain there ring very true. Of the two books, Great Reef Games has the more engaging narrator. Sage's voice is memorable and easy to like, whereas Dev is more generic and therefore less interesting. Arctic Freeze, however, has a truly exciting and adventurous plot, which, despite being awkwardly foretold by Dev's dream at the start of the story, really creates a suspenseful and exciting reading experience.

This series does something different than many other sets of chapter books, so for that reason alone, I think it's worth having in libraries and checking out from them.

[Theresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

My nephew and I are loving this series! We are learning so much as we enjoy the adventure. We both agree that we'd love to be contestants on The Wild Life.
Each book seems to center on another member of the team and this one was mostly Dev's journey. He is working hard to prove he isn't just a science kid. But he also learns that his science abilities really help the team.
The part with the dog sled race literally gave me goosebumps all over.

[Steph · Rating 3 out of 5]

I preordered the next two books in the series and I'm in my thirties... I know, I know. I'm very, very cool.

[Ali · Rating 5 out of 5]

This time they have to go to Alaska and find the clues over there. Read the book to find out what happens! I really like this book. It is super cool. You have got to read it!

[Anmol]

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