On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, *When Snow Fell* introduces us with passion, touching charm and a dose of humour to three generations of a family who fled from the horrors in Russia to Oxfordshire, England. *When Snow Fell* is an intimate story of an eccentric family failing to cope with
When the Snow Fell
β Scribed by Henning, Mankell
- Book ID
- 106880342
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- UND
- Weight
- 176 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780375892677
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β¦ Synopsis
Joel is growing up. He is getting interested in girls. Just look at his New Year's resolutions: to see a naked lady, to toughen himself up so that he can live to be a hundred, and to see the sea. They all look pretty impossible for a motherless boy in Northern Sweden. Especially as his sailor dad is keen to drown his sadness in drink, and all the local matrons are narrowly watching the pair of them. And then he saves old Simon from a frozen death in the woods, and Joel becomes a local hero.
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### From School Library Journal Grade 7β9βWhile this is a companion to _A Bridge to the Stars_ (2007) and _Shadows in the Twilight_ (2008, both Delacorte), it is not necessary to have read those novels to understand the action and characters in this story. Joel, 14, is certain of two things: life g