This has been an exciting fortnight. First, I saw the artwork for the US cover of Ice Breaker, and it is STUNNING. If you liked the Australian cover, and thought that nothing could equal it, you will have to think again. It’s completely different, but just as amazing. I’ll be able to show it to you soon!

Secondly, I received an email from long-time reader Lilli, who sent me a video of her English project. Now those of you who’ve been hanging around this blog for a while will know that I LOVE getting things like this. I’ve been trying to put it up all week but have just been too flat out busy finishing off Fetcher (no, it’s not finished yet) and preparing for my trip to Launceston next Friday.

But now at last I’ve got a breathing space. So here it is, Lilli’s English project, which she did on Ice Breaker.

This is what she had to do:
1. Make a new front cover and blurb for the book and stick it on a bag.
2. Draw a portrait and write a description of the main character (in this case Petrel).
3. Write about the themes and messages of the novel.
4. Find an object or picture that would help retelling the plot of the novel!

So Lilli did all those things. And then of course, being a kind soul, she made a video of it to send me!