This showed up at the shop and I really needed a light Christmassy read so dove right into it.

This is the story of Blessing who has been missing school as she is being bullied and doesn’t want to put any more pressure on her mum who is suffering from depression and SAD as this may mean she has to go into respite care.

This has been a particularly difficult winter as it seems to be going on forever and people are comparing this to the long London winters of the past and saying that the weather is broken.

So she goes out each day in her uniform and tells her mum stories of her day at school, all the while she has been out at museums, and other places where she can blend in or hide.

This culminates in her meeting Albert Framlington, a snowman! He teaches her the snowman code and they go on adventures together, helping her sort out her bullies, find his long lost love, and ending the ever-lasting winter…

Great fun with some really sad bits but overall a lovely little adventure about friendship, love, and family – oh and nocturnal marsupials 😉