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The Tin Snail

"A thirteen-year-old French boy tries to save his father's job by inventing a special kind of car, but it isn't easy--especially when the Nazis are planning to steal his design"-- Provided by publisher.

Main Author: McAllister, Cameron (Author)
Other Authors: Usher, Sam (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Delacorte Press, [2016].
Edition: First American edition.
Subjects:
Citroën 2CV automobile > Juvenile fiction.
Automobiles > Design and construction > Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons > Juvenile fiction.
Italians > France > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France > Juvenile fiction.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: "A thirteen-year-old French boy tries to save his father's job by inventing a special kind of car, but it isn't easy--especially when the Nazis are planning to steal his design"-- Provided by publisher.
Item Description: "Originally published...by Random House Children's Publishers UK, London, in 2014."
Based on the true story of the Citroen 2CV car.
Physical Description: 274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9780553536386 (hc.)
0553536389 (hc.)
9780553536409 (lib. bdg.)
0553536400 (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes: 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, England, and now lives in Brighton with his wife, four sons, and Floss the dog.

Sam Usher's debut picture book, Can You See Sassoon? , was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Award and shortlisted for the Read It Again! Award, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and the Red House Book Award. Sam lives in North London with an eighty-eight-year-old housemate and spends his time playing the piano, trespassing, and drawing in his favorite cafe.

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