March Read/Ruby

Title: Frozen: Anna's Icy Adventure

Author: Allen, Elise

Ruby's Read:

    Anna is the Princess of Arendelle, but she doesn't like this fancy title. For keeping the safety of Anna and her elder sister- Elsa, the king and queen don't allow them off the castle grounds. Anna doesn't like the rule at all, but she trusts her parents. One day a terrible shipwreck took the king and queen away, just two princesses were left.

    Years go by,  it's time for Elsa's coronation day, in just a few hours, she will take the oath and become Queen of Arendelle. Everyone is invited to witness the event, Anna pictures she will have the chance to meet new people and make friends, even falls in love with one handsome guy. Before the coronation, Anna runs into the courtyard, and she runs into a prince whose name is Hans from Southern Isles.

    The coronation is beautiful, Elsa smiles at and chats with Anna, Anna wishes it could be like this all the time, but Elsa tells her it couldn't be. Anna feels disappointed and walks away, she meets Hans again in the dancing hall, they dance, walk around the castle and talk for a while. Even though Hans and Anna just met, Anna believes it is true love, Hans asks Anna to marry him, and they want Elsa's blessing. Unfortunately, Elsa doesn't agree this marriage, she and Anna quarrel in front of the guests, all party guests see the ice shouts from Elsa's hand, everyone is scared. Elsa races out of the hall, and now ice is everywhere because of Elsa's magical power.

    Anna realizes why Elsa wears gloves all the time, and why Elsa is always so cold and distant. Anna thinks it's all her fault, she is going after Elsa, she will bring Elsa back and make everything back to normal. Anna tries to follow the same path Elsa took, but she can't sure, she finds a cabin and meets a man- Kristoff and his reindeer. Anna asks Kristoff to take her up the North Mountain for looking for Elsa.

    When they finally climb up to the North Mountain, Anna is impressed by the white and gorgeous view. At the same time there is a weird thing happened, a snowman shows bug he's alive and talks, he introduce himself is Olaf. Anna remembers she knows a snowman just like him, Elsa and she made when they were kids, Olaf leads them the way to Elsa. They find out an icy palace where Elsa stays now, Anna enters it and does her best to convince Elsa coming back home with her, but Elsa says she is fee now and refuses Anna's suggestion. Anna tries to persuade her sister again, Elsa is angry and hits Anna square in the chest, Anna doesn't dare to let Elsa know how much it hurts, Elsa waves her arms and then an unfriendly snowman appears, this creature chases them all the way to the edge of a cliff, the only escape from the monster is a two-hundred-foot leap straight down. They jump... and luckily land in a soft and cushy snowbank.

    Anna doesn't feel great and her hair has a long, thick section turns bright white, she also has a strange cold feeling in her body. Kristoff leads Anna to see his friends, he thinks they'll make everything okay. Kristoff's friends are trolls, there is a very old troll, he tells Anna that her life is in danger, there is ice in her heart, only an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart, so Kristoff decides to sent Anna back to Hans.

    Hans is waiting for Anna, after he listened Anna's explanation, instead of kissing her, he tells Anna that he has no chance to be a king in his own kingdom, he needs to marry into the throne somewhere, that's why he wants to marry Anna, Anna is shocked but it's too late.

    Kristoff is coming back, he can't leave Anna behind, Anna sees Kristoff reaching the castle gate, she tries to get to him. Suddenly, Anna sees Hans raising his sword high above his head and moves closer to a girl on the ground - it is Elsa!! Anna summons every last bit of her strength and races to Elsa, She becomes an icy figure between Elsa and Hans.

    When Anna comes to, Elsa and her realize if love stopped Anna from freezing, maybe it will help their country,too. Elsa raises her hands to the sky, and sure enough, the snow and ice tant cobers the kingdom drifts back up to the sky. Summer is here again!

    After the guards take Hans away, Elsa and Anna gather the citizens of Arendelle and tell them about Elsa's gift, they are not afraid of anything anymore. Elsa and Anna know who they really are. Life will be different now.