A Frozen Heart

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Told in alternating chapters from both Anna's and Hans' perspectives, A Frozen Heart takes a sophisticated look at events of Frozen, exploring the couple's backstories, motivations, and doomed relationship.

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ISBN-13:	9781504751032
Publisher:	Blackstone Pub
Publication date:	09/20/2016
Edition description:	Unabridged Library Edition
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Elizabeth Rudnick has written over thirty books, includingthe original novel Tweet Heart and tie-ins such as Frankenweenie: ANovel; Oz: The Great and Powerful; and the best-selling junior novelbased on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. She lives on CapeCod with her husband and two lovable mutts, Jack and Ginger.

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This is a novelization of the movie Frozen but explores, in alternating chapters, what is going on in the minds of Anna and Hans. Rudnick has written several junior novelizations, most recently exploring the inner thoughts of Aurora and Maleficent in her Maleficent adaptations. A Frozen Heart reveals the backstories of Anna and Hans as well as their inner emotions as the events of the film faithfully unfold. Anna and Elsa are princesses of the kingdom of Arendelle. Prince Hans of the Southern Isles, who has twelve older, bullying brothers, plots to get his own kingdom. He finds his chance when he learns that Elsa will be crowned queen of Arendelle. He woos Anna by mistake. Anna thinks she has found true love but Hans’s apparent kindness slowly disappears and the romance is doomed. Sure to be popular because of the movie, it is not a strong piece of writing. There is potential in Hans as he manipulates the princesses and seeks to get his goal through less than honorable means, but as a character he never fully develops; he seems flat. Anna comes off as a stereotype of a shallow, rich girl. It will be hard to keep on the shelves but it will not be a classic. Reviewer: Susan Allen; Ages 11 to 15.

VOYA, October 2015 (Vol. 38, No. 4) - Susan Allen

2015-08-26
Back story is explored in this novel based on Disney's Frozen. Anna and Elsa are princesses who live in Arendelle. As youngsters they are close, but an accident causes Elsa, the elder, to distance herself from Anna. Anna has no memory of the accident and no one enlightens her, so she spends the next 14 years wondering why her sister avoids her. Meanwhile Prince Hans of the Southern Isles, who has 12 older, bullying brothers, plots to get his own kingdom. He finds his chance when he learns that Elsa will be crowned queen of Arendelle. Making his way there, he woos Anna by mistake. Anna, however, thinks she's found true love. Told in alternating chapters and points of view between Hans and Anna, the story lurches along. Action scenes read as detached description, and there are more than a few plot inconsistencies. Hans, whose manipulative behavior is explained by his repressive upbringing—a promising premise—never gets beyond one-dimensional, and Anna, with her vapid, textureless voice, is trite at best. The story's theme of true love (heads up, girls—true love means sacrifice) is a reinforcement of outdated stereotypes. This story tries to cater to both younger girls' dreams of being a princess and older girls' desires for both empowerment and romance but misses the mark on both. (Fantasy. 10-13)

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