Book: The Snowman Code
By: Simon Stephenson
Published: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Genre: Middle-grade
Setting: London
Pages: 160
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About The Snowman Code
The Snowman Code is about a little girl named Blessing. She lives in London, and she’s been skipping school for months now. She doesn’t want to go and deal with her bullies. It helps that her Mom is sad because it’s winter, and she keeps herself in her bedroom. She won’t feel better at all until Spring, but Winter won’t go away. It’s not until she finds out that the snowmen can talk that her life starts to get a little better, but she needs this snowman to help make Winter go away so her Mom can start feeling better, and that way she won’t be taken away again. Can she make it go away in time?
What I thought
So, I was sent the Snowman Code by the publishers. I was a little nervous about reading this one, though. Usually I stick to horror and thriller type of books with some fantasy and dysstpian thrown in. So this story isn’t something that I would normally pick up.
I’m so glad that I wound up reading The Snowman Code, though. The story follows a lonely girl who gets bullied, doesn’t really have friends, and honestly doesn’t have a family that can properly take care of her. So in a way she’s a minigrown up since she’shad to grow up too fast. Shewindsupfinding areally good friend in the most unlikely of places.
I’mso gladthat she wound upfinding himthough because she hasfound a true best friend, even though it’s not for a very long time. I really liked Blessing, too. She’s smart, and I feel like she kind of has to be, especially since she’s left to her own devices quite a bit. She’s also pretty funny when it comes to dealing with the snowman, too, and all of his nonsense. I swear he had some of the craziest things to say.
I have mixed feelings about the ending, though, and you’ll know why once you read the story. Don’t get me wrong, though, the ending is good, but it leaves me with sad but also happy feelings at the same time. I’ll definitely be reading this to my son, though, and hopefully soon!
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