So what are you going to do over the break? Try some of these great "cold" books! . . . And if you're at Nosehill Library, ask for Barbara Longair, the magnificent librarian who created this list.

Graceling, by Kristin Cashore

Bonechiller, by Graham McNamee

Life As We Knew It, by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Once Upon a Time in the North, by Philip Pullman

Blackthorn Winter, by Kathryn Reiss