Up To This Pointe, by Jennifer Lia LongoRead about another entry on the list.
Harper Scott’s ancestor died trying to get to the South Pole, so she has always tried to do the opposite: stick to a plan, to what she’s good at, and never take unnecessary risks. But when Harper’s plan goes up in flames, she finds herself headed exactly where she never thought she’d go—to Antarctica, to wait out a broken heart in their six-month winter. One of the most honest, beautiful, and crushing depictions of friendship you will ever read.
Up To This Pointe is among Abbe Wright's fourteen books about the Arctic and Antarctica.
The Page 69 Test: Up to This Pointe.
--Marshal Zeringue