Review: Slow start, strong finish
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 9, 2013
A novella about a 10-yr-old boy's unforgettable snow day back in 1975. There are many things in this story that I can personally relate to...I grew up in that part of the country during that time period. So many things in this book are virtually identical to my own childhood...the mothers all watching out for everybody's kids, the limits of where you could play, and the personalities of the characters seem to have been plucked from my own memories. Although the snowball fight seems to go on way too long, the rest of the story moves along at a decent pace, and the last third of the book is plenty suspenseful, with an ending that surprised me. Not bad at all...certainly not the best story I've ever read, but one that certainly takes me back in time, and nostalgically remembering some of the adventures (and misadventures) of my youth.