Summary:

Ilya’s dad has to go on his yearly work trip to Canada. That’s nothing new, except for the fact that Ilya’s mom just died, and he’s not trusted to stay home alone. So, to Canada he goes. Ilya’s expecting to hate every second of Canada. And he does. Until he meets Shane Hollander Or: 12 year old Ilya finds himself in Canada, sees a boy with freckles on a frozen lake, and now has a life mission to become a Hollander. (He succeeds)