On Thin Ice

On Thin Ice (U.S. title: Winter Games) is the twelfth book in the Summer Camp Secrets series. It centres around Tori and her dilemma. There is also three separate sub plots involving Natalie, Brynn and Sarah.

UK blurb
"Hi girls. I just got the E-vite from Tori! This trip's going to be sooooo much fun. But did you notice there are only five names on the list? That's got to be a mistake, right? I mean, Tori wouldn't just leave out the others, would she?

L8R, Sarah."

Tori's only allowed to invite five friends on her fab holiday weekend - she's desperate not to hurt anyone's feelings, but how is that going to be possible? Then, to make things even worse, the Camp Lakeview reunion is scheduled for the same weekend. Now the girls are really divided - by five thousand kilometres? Can they survive a rift that big?

U.S. blurb
Hi, Grace. I just got the Evite from Tori! This trip's going to be sooo much fun. But did you notice that there are only five names on the list? That's got to be a mistake, right? I mean, Tori wouldn't just leave out Abby. Or Brynn. Or Alex. Not to mention EVERYONE else. I tried calling her, but she didn't answer. Let me know if you hear anything. L8R, Sarah.

Oh, the drama. Tori can invite only five girls for a weekend in Tahoe, so she is forced to choose among her friends. She'd like to do it without hurting anyone's feelings. But how is that possible? Then, just when things can't get any worse, the Camp Lakeview reunion is scheduled for the same weekend! Now the girls are really divided. By three thousand miles! Can the Lakeview girls survive a rift that big?

Plot
Tori writes a blog post stating her awareness of a recent snowstorm through the East Coast. Thinking over which girls to choose for her ski trip, she visits her parents as they finish their squash game and tries to convince them to allow her to bring the whole bunk; they disagree as they can only afford so much. Tori visits the beach with her boyfriend, Michael, who suggests keeping it a secret.

Sarah is preparing to leave for the batting cages with Abby, when she receives an email from Tori inviting her on the ski trip. At first she is excited but then becomes confused as Abby and the rest of 4A/4C are not listed. She lies to Abby and talks about Natalie's email instead. Natalie is spending the day in Connecticut with her boyfriend Simon, but the day goes badly. On the way home to New York, she finds a post from Jenna on the camp blog, accidentally spilling the ski trip and saying she, Natalie, Grace, Sarah and Alyssa are chosen. Natalie emails Tori who reveals the truth.

Brynn is nervous about her audition as Eliza in My Fair Lady. She confides in her best friend, Tanya, who reassures her. Grace calls and they talk about the ski trip, before asking about the auditions; Brynn says it is happening and Grace admits she forgot.

Tori gets a call from Alyssa urging her to tell the truth to the girls who are not invited. Sarah continues to lie to Abby. Natalie and her friend Hannah go shopping for ski clothes in New Jersey with Jenna, Grace and Alyssa. She reveals she is contemplating breaking up with Simon and Grace says she feels bad for forgetting about Brynn's audition. Brynn earns the main role as Eliza and performs; her parents, Tanya and Alex congratulate her, but she is upset as her boyfriend Jordan didn't show as promised.

Jenna tells Tori that the Camp Lakeview reunion has the same date as their ski trip. Alyssa calls and says their flight tickets are non-refundable. Tori tries to convince her parents to move the ski trip to a later date, but they say "no" and she talks to the girls. Abby finds out Sarah has been lying after seeing her ski jacket. Sarah calls Tori to say she is not coming on the trip so she can fix her friendship with Abby.

Grace arrives first in Lake Tahoe and meets with Tori and her mother at the airport terminal. In New York, Sarah is disappointed when she finds Abby is not sharing a hotel room with her. Natalie, Jenna and Alyssa also arrive in Tahoe and have a snowball fight, but the four admit Tori's abrasiveness as a hostess. The girls in New York struggle to have fun and reveal to Andie and Mia their issue of the bunk being split. Sarah apologizes to Abby for lying.

At a karaoke bar in Tahoe, the girls are miserable until they hear Grace singing with Brynn on the phone. The girls in both locations chat and make up. In a restaurant, Brynn is chosen to go up on stage along with a wolf named Tobias, who reveals itself as Jordan. He explains his grandfather had a heart attack so he and his family flew out to take care of him. With no mobile phone he couldn't call and missed her performance; she accepts his apology and they make up.

Natalie returns home to New York where she meets Simon. He explains that it's difficult to maintain a long distance relationship and they agree to stay as friends, before going out for pizza. Brynn boards the train to her hometown. She receives a message from Jordan saying his grandfather was discharged from hospital and thinks ahead to the summer.

Characters
In order of appearance:
 * Tori Ann
 * Tori's mother
 * Tori's father
 * Michael Stevenson
 * Abby McDougal
 * Sarah Peyton
 * Natalie Goode
 * Simon
 * Vicki
 * Trish
 * Brynn Collins
 * Tanya
 * Ms. Callaway
 * Alyssa
 * Mrs Goode
 * Jenna Bloom
 * Hannah
 * Grace Matthews
 * Melanie
 * Alex Kim
 * Lindsay
 * Priya Shah
 * Valerie Williams
 * Chelsea
 * Karen
 * Andie
 * Percy
 * Mia
 * Barney's saleswoman
 * Devon
 * Blake Wetherley
 * Adam Bloom
 * David Carson
 * Dr. Steve
 * Pete
 * Kenny
 * Dr. Jekyll
 * Tobias/Jordan