Last Dance at the Frosty Queen

Last Dance at the Frosty Queen is a compelling coming-of-age novel set in 1988, following high school senior Artie Flood. Artie is desperate to escape his tiny Kansas town after graduation, but his plans are upended when a captivating, mysterious girl appears from the local lake. This story explores themes of first love, self-discovery, and the complex journey of finding one's place in the world, even when it means reevaluating long-held dreams. It's a humorous and poignant tale that delves into the emotional landscape of adolescence, including romantic feelings and the search for identity. Parents should note that despite an incorrect age range in some metadata, this book is explicitly for a teen audience, dealing with themes of 'love and lust' and the emotional complexities of young adulthood.

On the dock of a lake in a tiny town at the corner of Nowhere & Nowhere, he sits counting the seconds until his high school graduation--at which point Arthur M. Flood intends to leave his hick life far behind in the brown Kansas dust. That's the plan. Until . . . up from the lake's muddy depths swims a girl. She's not a mermaid, but she is the one who shakes up Arty's life, makes him mad and mad for her, and helps him find a pathway to his past, his future, and where his heart truly lies.Teens will recognize their own emotional landscape in this steamy, funny, coming-of-age tale in which the heart tries to hide, only to be utterly exposed by love and lust, lost and found.From the Hardcover edition.