Chloe Mayer wrote The Boy Made of Snow.
Chloe Mayer's first novel, The Boy Made of Snow, is a heartbreaking and poetic story set in England during World War II that mixes innocence, imagination, and emotional fragility. Daniel's mother starts to lose touch with reality, so he escapes into a world of fairy tales. But when a German POW returns to his hamlet, Daniel creates a perilous link between imagination and truth.
This moving coming-of-age story looks at the power of stories, the effects of war, and the fine line between childish dreams and adult facts.
Set of Books
This book is great for anybody who liked The Book Thief, Atonement, and Boy in the Striped Pajamas. It's historical fiction with a scary emotional core.
Why You Should Read The Boy Made of Snow:
Set in World War II, this is a one-of-a-kind look into England's home front and POW camps.
From a child's point of view, it makes fantasy and reality look the same in a painful way.
Escape and loss are two themes that look at bereavement, mental illness, and the imagination.
Critically Acclaimed: A bold new voice's first book is a moving, evocative one.
Quote from the book: "Sometimes stories are safer than the truth, but they can be just as dangerous."
Translation (Sinhala): "කාලයකින් කතා සත්යය보다 ආරක්ෂිත විය හැකියි නමුත් ඒවාද අයෙකුට අනතුරුදායක වෙයි."
"Sometimes stories can be safer than the truth, but they can also become dangerous."
Availability at Booxworm.lk
You can get The Boy Made of Snow by Chloe Mayer online at Booxworm.lk or come to our store in Colombo to pick up this beautifully written and emotionally charged book.
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About the Book
The Boy Made of Snow is the title.
By Chloe Mayer
ISBN: 9781473652002
W&N (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) is the publisher.
Year of Publication: 2017
Number of Pages: About 320 (Paperback)
