Book excerpt from Lost in a Book's A face Full of Snow

Excerpt: A Face Full of Snow

Chapter 1

Whoosh! Splat! 

Eric’s first attempt at skiing ended up with him flat on his back in the snow, like a stranded bug. He tried to get up, but his skis had other ideas, they felt like a pair of over sized planks strapped to his feet. 

“I’m glad Iver wasn’t here to see that,” muttered Eric, sitting up.

“Who’s Iver?” 

Eric looked up into a pair of green eyes, waggling about on stalks. They were growing out of a green hat, which was pulled over an explosion of orange hair. 

“Hi, I’m Aline,” said the owner of the orange hair.

“Alien?” Eric sat up with a start, his skis clattering together in protest.

“No... Aline. Who’s Iver?” 

“Oh just a friend of mine,” said Eric. He couldn’t tell a complete stranger the truth, even one who had an alien on her head. 

“And is Iver a good skier?” persisted Aline.

“Well he likes to think he is,” said Eric. “If he was here he’d be telling me what to do all the time.”

“That might not be such a bad idea,” said Aline.