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The Tin Snail
Cameron McAllister
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Description for The Tin Snail
Paperback. It's 1938. In order to save his dad's job, Angelo needs to invent a brand-new car that can carry: a farmer his wife two chickens a flagon of wine and a dozen eggs across a bumpy field without breaking a single egg.. and without the enemy discovering his top-secret design. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: YFC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 129 x 200 x 27. Weight in Grams: 282.
It’s 1938.
In order to save his dad’s job, Angelo needs to invent a brand-new car that can carry:
a farmer
his wife
two chickens
a flagon of wine
and a dozen eggs
across a bumpy field without breaking a single egg . . . and without the enemy discovering his top-secret design!
Here's the extraordinary story – inspired by real events – of how one little car changed history.
Product Details
Publisher
Corgi Childrens
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552574037
SKU
V9780552574037
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-3
About Cameron McAllister
Cameron McAllister is a TV scriptwriter, and has worked on shows such as Robinson Crusoe, Spooks Code 9, Primeval and Emmerdale. He grew up near the beaches of Cornwall, and now lives in Brighton with his wife, four sons and Floss the dog.
Reviews for The Tin Snail
Charming
Guardian
I honestly never thought I’d find myself reading, let alone taken with, a book about the making of a French motor car but The Tin Snail by Cameron McAllister is a thoroughly engaging read. It manages to turn the struggle to invent the Citroen as the first people’s car, and then to keep its design from the German invaders, into a story of the Resistance, which is saying something. Plus it has a human element: the plot revolves round the designer’s young son, and his wan hopes that the car will help his parents stay together. Illustrated with panache in pen and ink by Sam Usher.
Spectator
Feel-good, funny, romping, filmic adventure
Sunday Times
A fresh and madcap novel . . . Half-silly, half-serious and full of human interest, The Tin Snail brings 10- to 14-year-olds into endearing and unusual company.
Wall Street Journal
McAllister effectively turns what could have been a humdrum story about car design into a real page-turner and a daring tale . . . A feel-good story about the French Resistance that might very well inspire more than a few designers and engineers.
School Library Journal
Guardian
I honestly never thought I’d find myself reading, let alone taken with, a book about the making of a French motor car but The Tin Snail by Cameron McAllister is a thoroughly engaging read. It manages to turn the struggle to invent the Citroen as the first people’s car, and then to keep its design from the German invaders, into a story of the Resistance, which is saying something. Plus it has a human element: the plot revolves round the designer’s young son, and his wan hopes that the car will help his parents stay together. Illustrated with panache in pen and ink by Sam Usher.
Spectator
Feel-good, funny, romping, filmic adventure
Sunday Times
A fresh and madcap novel . . . Half-silly, half-serious and full of human interest, The Tin Snail brings 10- to 14-year-olds into endearing and unusual company.
Wall Street Journal
McAllister effectively turns what could have been a humdrum story about car design into a real page-turner and a daring tale . . . A feel-good story about the French Resistance that might very well inspire more than a few designers and engineers.
School Library Journal