Mr Bs Emporium of Reading Delights: Snow Merchant

This perfectly wintry read is set before snow was invented in a time where there were plenty of ice fogs and chilly winds but no snowflakes, or snowmen, or sledging. Twelve year old Lettie meets a strange man with an icicle for a beard in her father’s inn one night and embarks on an adventure full of alchemy, strange new friends and magic. By a truly imaginative new voice in children’s literature, Sam Gayton.
Nic Bottomley (Wed 9th Nov 2011)

Publisher synopsis: Lettie Peppercorn lives in a house on stilts near the wind-swept coast of Albion, with no one to talk to but Periwinkle the pigeon. Her days are filled with floor-sweeping, bed-making and soup-stirring. Her nights are filled with dreams of her mother, who vanished long ago. Nothing incredible has ever happened to Lettie, until one winter's night. The night the Snow Merchant comes. He claims to be an alchemist - the greatest that ever lived - and in a mahogany suitcase, he carries his newest invention. It is an invention that will change Lettie's life - and the world - forever. It is an invention called snow. "The Snow Merchant" is a fantasy filled with family secrets, magical transformations and wild adventure. Join Lettie on her journey to uncover the true meaning of snow, family and friendship.

ISBN: 9781849393713

Pub. Date: 6th Oct 2011

Pages: 288

Height: 223mm

Width: 144mm

Spine: 24mm

Weight: 422gms

The Snow Merchant

Sam Gayton

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