Reluctant older readers will enjoy this short 21 chapter fast-paced story. The chapters run from two to four pages in length.

“Way up north in the Arctic on the Hudson Bay, a huge polar bear lay quietly on the frozen sea.” [Introductory line] Elsewhere, 12-yr. old Jeremy must find a way to save his mother, Paula, who is now floating on an ice berg, after the ice she was taking core samples on for Global Warming Research Station broke off into the sea.

Don’t panic, panic kills remembers Jeremy.

Jeremy snowmobiles to the Inuit village seeking Felix’s father who can fly a helicopter to rescue his mother.

In the meantime, the polar bear has started swimming toward the iceberg Paula is on in search of a meal.

Who will get to Paula first, the polar bear or the helicopter. Don’t panic, panic kills.