Frost

by M. P. Kozlowsky

Overview

Cinder meets The Walking Dead in a chilling futuristic fairy tale that will reboot everything you thought about family, love… and what it means to be human.

Before he died, Frost's father uploaded his consciousness into their robot servant. But the technology malfunctioned, and now her father fades in and out. So when Frost learns that there might be medicine on the other side of the ravaged city, she embarks on a dangerous journey to save the only living creature she loves.With only a robot as a companion, Frost must face terrors of all sorts, from outrunning the vicious Eaters. . .to talking to the first boy she's ever set eyes on. But can a girl who's only seen the world through books and dusty windows survive on her own?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545833264
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	10/11/2016
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	44 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

M.P. Kozlowsky is the author of two middle-grade novels, Juniper Berry and The Dyerville Tales.Frost is his first novel for Young Adults. He lives in Westchester, New York, with his wife and two daughters.

Read an Excerpt

The sounds grew louder. Frost closed her eyes. She wasn't ready.The footsteps ceased. With a creak, the door slowly opened. And there, standing before her, was a robot."Dad?""No."Frost exhaled, a mixture of disappointment and relief. "Bunt. You were gone so long, you had me worried.""It is becoming more and more difficult to find supplies, Frost. And there are more and more dangers to evade." Bunt bent down and lowered his box of loot to the ground, then, on one knee, he placed a hand on Romes. The broot did not stir beneath the metallic touch. "He is getting worse." "You're supposed to tell me he's getting better.""I do not lie. You know that. Your broot is dying. He has a month of life left. Two at most.""I was sick too, once. Don't you remember? I used to always be sick when I was little. Dad told me so. He said it was bad, very bad. Worse than Romes. And, look, I got better.""The Broot will not."The brutal honesty was too much for Frost, and her eyes filled with tears. It was a day she had been dreading for years, and all she wanted to hear was that there was hope, just a glimmer of hope. "I wish my Dad were here. He would never say such things to me. He would comfort me.""Alas…""Alas… Alas… What do you think you are, Bunt? You're not human, Bunt. Never will be."

Editorial Reviews

2016-06-28
In a post-apocalyptic world, a girl who’s never left home sets out on an arduous quest to save her sick pet.All Frost’s 16 years have been spent in a bombed-out apartment overlooking a ruined city. Her only companions are Bunt, a stalwart robot that’s been partially taken over by what’s left of her deceased father’s personality and memories, and Romes, a wild broot-turned–beloved pet and companion. But Romes has fallen deathly ill, and Frost will do anything to save him. She decides the three of them will journey toward a distant blue glow at the edge of the city known as the Battery, which she’s certain holds the key to saving her only friend. Outside, they’re confronted with unrelenting obstacles: vengeful robots, zombielike cannibals, and a city run by a tyrannical cult leader. Frost pushes on even as Romes steadily deteriorates. Yet through it all, it might just be the mind-bending revelations about her family and herself that break her. With refreshingly little weight put on romance, the core of Frost’s story lies in her complicated relationship with her father. Though familiar, the dystopian world is viscerally cold and haunting. But after a long, action-packed journey that’s a little reminiscent of Dorothy’s through Oz, the conclusion rushes up abruptly and offers only vague closure. Kozlowsky doesn’t describe Frost, leaving readers to imagine her as they will. A wild, robot-driven ride with nods to a far darker kind of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. (Science fiction. 13-17)

Kirkus Reviews