I read this book when I was a teen and it must have made an impression because I still remember it. Unlike some of the other books featured on Throwback, Snow Bound has had a lot of buzz on Goodreads with 317 ratings and 57 reviews.
I felt it appropos, given the massive snowstorm across the eastern half of the country today, to feature this book. The basic plot is two teens become stranded in a remote area of upstate New York in a snowstorm and must find a way to cooperate with each other to survive. Both are woefully unprepared but somehow find out a lot about themselves. This is a survival story but it is also a finding yourself and personal growth story. The protagonists, Tony and Cindy, find out a lot about themselves and grow significantly over the course of their experiences. The book is short (144 pages in the paperback) but is gripping and, from multiple reviews, accurately describes the perils of upstate New York in winter if you happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Harry Mazer wrote 22 novels for young adults, all of which can be characterized as "realistic" fiction. His wife was Norma Fox Mazer, also a prolific author of young adult fiction, including a Newbery Award. Their daughter, Anne Mazer, is also an author. Snow Bound is recommended for reading in front of a warm fire with the wind howling outside and the snow deep on the yard and fields. It is available on Biblio.com for as little as $3.97.
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So I didn't succumb to retrospectives of the year gone by. Perhaps at least in part because the website was up for only about two months and there was, therefore, not so much relevant of retrospection.
However, much like a small child at a party where the desserts are out when he arrives, I have big plans for the upcoming year. Appropos of the casual visitor, the plan is to continue the Poetry Duel on the home page, Throwback Thursday here where I re-introduce some tome no longer in print, and am looking forward to many more reviews of new works (please feel free, Indie authors, to query me if you'd like an honest review) - mystery, thriller, romance, poetry, sci-fi/fantasy, nonfiction, pretty much anything. For those of you looking for more, I am planning to add a page offering out-of-print, superb condition, paperbacks for $4.99 including shipping, plus more of my own works - poems, monographs, short and longer fiction - both samples and (I hope) finished works). I am sure there will be more diatribes but the two projects I am excited about (time permitting) are digitizing old family photos and hoping the internet will help bring more context to the older ones and digitizing my grandmother's writings which were originally published in periodicals across the midwest written specifically for the farm wife. As with the fictional (?) child in the opening there will probably be not enough time in 2018 to accomplish all of these goals but please stop by and see, occasionally if not more often, how well (or poorly) it goes! Looking forward to 2018 and "thanks for all the fish!" |
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