The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey Melissa Castrillon and a wonder-inducing surprise at

and a wonder-inducing surprise at the end

I am thrilled that I will have this keepsake

and earn points as their leaves collect energy from the revolving sun's rays

is easily one of the most recognized and quoted first lines in all of English verse

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey Melissa Castrillon and a wonder-inducing surprise atIn this magical debut, a couple's lives are changed forever by the arrival of a little girl, wild and secretive, on their snowy doorstep. Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they build a child out of