Overview

Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Miles Koules and Oren Koules (Saw) Six teens, one dog, a ski trip gone wrong Sam is dreading senior ski weekend and having to watch after her brother and his best friend, Gavin, to make sure they don't do anything stupid. Again. Gavin may be gorgeous, but he and Sam have never gotten along. Now they're crammed into an SUV with three other classmates and Gavin's dog, heading on a road trip that can't go by fast enough. Then their SUV crashes into a snowbank, and Sam and her friends find themselves stranded in the mountains with cell phone coverage long gone and temperatures dropping. When the group gets sick of waiting for rescue, they venture outside to find help--only to have a wilderness accident leave Sam's brother with a smashed leg and, soon, a raging fever. While the hours turn to days, Sam's brother gets sicker and sicker, and their food and supplies dwindle until there isn't enough for everyone. As the winter elements begin to claim members of the group one by one, Sam vows to keep her brother alive. No matter what. Filled with twists, secrets, and life-changing moments, Ski Weekend is a snow-packed survival thriller featuring a diverse cast of teens that will appeal to fans of One of Us Is Lying and I Am Still Alive.

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""A nail-biter with some surprising moments. Recommended for high school and YA collections."" -- ""School Library Journal"" ""A pacey thriller with moments of great tenderness―and spine chilling horror."" -- ""Lauren Kate, author of The Orphan's Song"" ""Full of twists and thrills, Ski Weekend will hook you from the very start and keep your heart pounding long after you finish."" -- ""Evelyn Skye, author of Cloak of Night"" ""I was sucked in by the extremely well-developed characters and their stories. Chills, thrills, and secrets aplenty."" -- ""Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, author of The Girls Are All So Nice Here"" ""Ross offers YA readers genuinely diverse characters, each of whom continues to grow throughout the narrative...Brace for impact readers, this YA thriller holds little back."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""This book will send so many chills up your spine, you'll feel like you're alongside the snowbound characters."" -- ""Jeff Zentner, author of Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee""

A nail-biter with some surprising moments. Recommended for high school and YA collections. -- School Library Journal A pacey thriller with moments of great tenderness and spine chilling horror. -- Lauren Kate, author of The Orphan's Song Full of twists and thrills, Ski Weekend will hook you from the very start and keep your heart pounding long after you finish. -- Evelyn Skye, author of Cloak of Night I was sucked in by the extremely well-developed characters and their stories. Chills, thrills, and secrets aplenty. -- Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, author of The Girls Are All So Nice Here Ross offers YA readers genuinely diverse characters, each of whom continues to grow throughout the narrative...Brace for impact readers, this YA thriller holds little back. -- Kirkus Reviews This book will send so many chills up your spine, you'll feel like you're alongside the snowbound characters. -- Jeff Zentner, author of Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee

Author Information

Rektok Ross is the pen name of Liani Kotcher, a trial attorney turned award-winning young adult author and book blogger. An avid reader since childhood, Liani writes exactly the kind of books she loves to escape into herself: exciting thrillers with strong female leads, swoon-worthy love interests, and life-changing moments. She graduated from the University of Florida School of Journalism and obtained her juris doctorate at the University of Miami School of Law. Originally from South Florida, she currently splits her time between San Francisco and Los Angeles with her husband, stepkids, and her dogs. Katie Schorr is an actor and writer in New York. Her one-woman show, Take Me. Seriously, ran for six months at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and she performs throughout New York in new works at the Ensemble Studio Theatre and Ars Nova, among other theaters. She has appeared on VH1's Best Week Ever and costars in the web series Head in the Oven with Saturday Night Live actor Bill Hader. Her audiobook credits include narrating the novels in Alyson Noel's bestselling Immortals series. Of her work on the series, AudioFile magazine has said, ""Narrator Katie Schorr has a wonderfully raspy, youthful voice, which she puts to good effect on the cast of teenage characters.""

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