I Was a Teenage Popsicle

I WAS A TEENAGE POPSICLE by

Category: Science Fiction

Age Recommendation: Grades 9+

Release Date: 10/3/06

Publisher: Berkley

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Rating: 5 Stars

The only thing that may separate Floe Ryan from being an ordinary teenager is how she was a popsicle. Well, not the

ones

you eat, more like the popsicle that is used to describe someone who has been frozen. That is correct, Floe was

frozen--or

the better term may be vitrified.

At the age of sixteen, Floe and her parents had unfortunately caught an unusual disease, which doctors then did not

have a

cure for. They were introduced to vitrification, or the process of being frozen until doctors or scientists find a

cure for the

problem. Luckily for Floe, she was cured from her disease along with the ultra cool Taz, a skater boy

whom was also frozen

because of catching the same disease.

The only bad thing for Floe finally being thawed out is that it took ten years. So now everything around Floe has

changed.

People are starting to skate in the air, not on the ground. And her once little sister, who was the only one in

the family to not

be frozen, is now Floe's older sister. Not only that, but the hope for her family to reunite may not

even happen since her

parents are still frozen and the chance of them being thawed out is slim to none. The Venice

Beach Cryonics Center, where

Floe and her parents were vitrified, is now being sued and could most likely close

down.

So now Floe has to find a way to save the center and her parents. Adjust to her new life and surroundings. Get used

to her

little sister now being her older sister. Make new friends who are literally ten times younger than she is and to

deal with the

typical guy problems. Floe may have some problems, but she can deal with them, right?

Don't let the title I WAS A TEENAGE POPSICLE throw you off. Sure, it's a little weird, but the plot is most

definitely

original and the novel includes characters that will keep you on your toes. Bev Katz Rosenbaum does an

awesome job to

paint what the future may look like in your head, and does an even better job to create an awesome

cast of characters. The

sequel to I WAS A TEENAGE POPSICLE, titled BEYOND COOL, will release on August

7, 2007. It can not come

soon enough. Another great read from the Berkley Jam titles.

I Was a Teenage Popsicle
by Bev Katz Rosenbaum