<p><b>Sometimes middle school feels like a dangerous mission in the cold, unforgiving tundra. Sometimes it <i>literally</i> is. Will Rafe survive his most (frost)biting adventure yet?</b><br><br>Things heat up at Hills Village Middle School when Rafe gets an invitation from Dr. Daria Deerwin to join a research study on polar bears. How many times in life do you get a chance to come face-to-face with a real polar bear in the wild? Rafe is ready to find out!<br><br>Alaska is pinkie-freezing, hair-freezing, snot-freezing cold, but Rafe might be headed for a meltdown. He''s spending every waking moment with Penelope, who he definitely has a crush on, and a polar bear Dr. Deerwin is tracking goes missing...with poachers on the tundra.<br><br>It''s up to Rafe, Penelope, and their new friends to save the day in Rafe''s coolest adventure yet.</p>