Grace on Thin Ice by Mary Hoffman

Grace is a girl who is full of adventures. She lives with her ma and her Nana. Her friends are Aimee, Maria, Kester, Raj and Crishell. In this story Grace and her friends decide to go ice skating on their own in the park. One day they don't go to school but go to the park instead. This is very naughty. The ice cracks and Crishell falls into the very very very icy water! Her friends try to pull her out but she is very heavy for them. Then Grace sees a man and asks for help. when she hears his voice she knows it's her mums friend Vincent. He calls the ambulance and fire brigade who arrive just as Maria, Raj and Kester pull Crishell out of the water. The firemen put ladders on the ice and they crawl back. They all go straight to the hospital and Crishell has to stay overnight. On Saturday all the children and parents meet at Crishells house. All the parents are very angry. Vincent said that they were very brave to rescue Crishell and that they have already had their punishment because they were all so scared. They all promise they will never do anything like it again. I liked this story because it tells you if you ever bunk off school something bad might happen because there are no grown-ups with you.

Katie 6