Breaking the Ice (21 page)

Photograph by Gail Nall

Gail Nall lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with her family and more cats than necessary. When she's not writing books, she manages grants for a homeless shelter and chases her toddler. She once drove a Zamboni, has camped in the snow in June, and almost got trampled in Paris. Gail is also the author of the Aladdin M!X title
Breaking the Ice
. You can find her online at
GailNall.com
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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First Aladdin hardcover edition January 2015

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Nall, Gail.

Breaking the ice / by Gail Nall. — First Aladdin hardcover edition.

p. cm.

Summary: Kaitlin has given up a lot—even attending school—to pursue her dream of being a champion figure skater, but after she throws a tantrum at a major competition, she is dropped by her coach and prestigious skating club and can only get a spot in the much-ridiculed Fallton Club.

[1. Ice skating—Fiction. 2. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 3. Practical jokes—Fiction.

4. Family life—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.N142268Bre 2015 [Fic]—dc23 2014013673

ISBN 978-1-4814-1911-6 (hc)

ISBN 978-1-4814-1913-0 (eBook)