The Tin Snail

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Label

The Tin Snail

Statement of responsibility

Cameron McAllister ; illustrated by Sam Usher

Creator

• trueMcAllister, Cameron
• McAllister, Cameron

Contributor

• Usher, Sam
• trueUsher, Sam

Author

• McAllister, Cameron

Illustrator

• Usher, Sam

Subject

• trueFamily problems
• trueFathers and sons
• Fathers and sons -- Fiction
• trueFrance -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
• France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction
• trueFrench Resistance (World War II)
• trueHistorical fiction
• Historical fiction
• Italians -- France -- Fiction
• trueSecond World War era (1939-1945) -- 1939 -- 1945
• trueTeenage boys
• trueThirteen-year-old boys
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Fiction
• trueItalians in France
• trueAutomobiles -- Design and construction
• Automobiles -- Design and construction -- Fiction
• Citroën 2CV automobile -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• trueHistorical fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

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

Tone

• trueFeel-good

Writing style

• trueAttention-grabbing

Character

• trueLikeable

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

no index present

Intended audience

830

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.1.M4

LC item number

Ti 2016

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

830

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 7

Target audience

pre adolescent