A final chapter, The True Story Behind The Tin Snail, gives the events that inspired the story. Cameron McAllister is the author of the critically acclaimed novel THE TIN SNAIL. An epilogue, set at the Paris Motor Show of 1948, tells about the post-war development of the car and brings readers up to date with Angelo and Camille. Black-and–white chapter-heading drawings are a delightful addition. After many failures and crashes, they, with the help of Angelo’s friend Camille and other villagers, build a prototype that will carry “a farmer, his wife, two chickens, a flagon of wine, and a dozen eggs safely across a bumpy fields.” War breaks out and testing the prototype, the Tin Snail, becomes difficult because the Nazis want to steal the design. In 1938, thirteen-year-old Angelo wants to help his father, who is a well-known auto designer, invent a car for everyday working people. 12, 2016 A tiny rural village does its part for the war effort by hiding what could be the greatest car ever invented. This fun, fast-paced World War II adventure, told through the eyes of a teenage boy, is based on the true story of the Citroen 2CV car. THE TIN SNAIL by Cameron McAllister illustrated by Sam Usher RELEASE DATE: Jan.
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