SNOWY JOY

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Throwing, rolling and playing games in the snow had always been on Adanah's wish-list. It just never snows where she lives! So when she gets whizzed away for her very first snow­holiday ever, she is truly thrilled.After an unusual encounter with Khindamah - the Land of Broken Toys, Adanah's mind is bombarded with a billion questions about the world she lives in - the world she loved - and wishes she had stayed back at home.Will she have the holiday of her dreams? Or has it been marred by Khindamah forever?Find out what happens to Adanah is this adventure of self-discovery, richly blended with cultural spices working in harmony, helping us understand our world, just a tiny bit more. MORE INFROMATIONIt's Adanah's 10th birthday and she can barely contain her delight with Uncle Ladii's invitation! She does everything within her power to make this Snowy Holiday her best adventure ever! She even stops her geeky Grandmother from taking her 'beloved newspapers' along.A storm soon strikes and the aeroplane's wings "shivered with an unusual frenzy, as if it had caught a cold, " causing her to relive the fears of not-fitting-in, at school. Though the weather hints on dangers ahead, the plot is bridged by the unfolding of a lovely daughter-grandmother relationship, till they both drift off to sleep.When an urgent announcement is made, chaos breakouts, leaving Adanah confused, wishing she had stayed back for Christmas in Lagos. Tempting flashbacks of the 'merriments' she'll be missing out on, make her choice a regretful one.On reaching her destination, the plot takes an unexpected turn: "like a fixed puzzle" is the lightbulb moment that finally soothes her confusion. Not only does she get her Snowy-dream holiday, she also heads back home a stronger, self-assured, 'not-to-be-messed-with' version of herself. So strong, she resolves to become a Toy-Saver, alongside her new friends in St Albans. A roller coaster of emotions, a lovely blend of diversity and contemporary multicultural fiction for children that addresses conventional issues on conflict and human dignity.Reading age 7+.