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After the Snow: Summary and book reviews of After the Snow by SD Crockett, plus links to an excerpt from After the Snow and a biography of SD Crockett.

After the Snow

After the Snow
by SD Crockett
Hardcover: Mar 2012,
304 pages.
Paperback: 3 Sep 2013,
320 pages.

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First book/First Novel


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BOOK SUMMARY

The oceans stopped working before Willo was born, so the world of ice and snow is all he's ever known. He lives with his family deep in the wilderness, far from the government's controlling grasp. Willo's survival skills are put to the test when he arrives home one day to find his family gone. It could be the government; it could be scavengers - all Willo knows is he has to find refuge and his family. It is a journey that will take him into the city he's always avoided, with a girl who needs his help more than he knows.

Recommended for Ages 12+
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After the Snow offers readers both a warning - a stark meditation on what might happen in the future - and an opportunity to reflect on how we live, and who we are in the world, now.  (Reviewed by Norah Piehl).

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  Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. In this powerful first novel, global warming has killed the North Atlantic Current, sending the U.K. and much of the U.S. into a new ice age.

  Kirkus Reviews
Starred Review. A sentimental tale of hardships, resilience and first-time experiences that illustrates a universal truism: Hope springs eternal in the young.

  VOYA
[S]uspenseful and powerful…

  Library Journal
Starred Review. What elevates Snow is the voice Crockett uses to tell the tale.

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