SCPL Reads: Let It Snow

In the midst of a cold Canadian January, all we can do it let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Embrace the season with these stories in which Winter plays a leading role.
Book cover for One by One by Ruth Ware.

One by One

Ruth Ware

When an offsite company retreat is upended by an avalanche that strands them in a remote mountain chalet, eight coworkers are forced to set aside their corporate rankings and mutual distrust in order to survive.

Book cover for The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey.

The Snow Child

Eowyn Ivey

A childless couple working a farm in the brutal landscape of 1920 Alaska discover a little girl living in the wilderness, with a red fox as a companion, and begin to love the strange, almost-supernatural child as their own.

Book cover for Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield.

Once Upon a River

Diane Setterfield

When the seemingly dead body of a child reanimates hours after arriving at an ancient inn on the Thames, three families try to claim her.

Book cover for Migration by Charlotte McConaghy.

Migrations

Charlotte McConaghy

A woman who has dedicated her life to protecting the environment convinces a fishing captain and his salty crew to follow the world's last flock of Arctic terns on a migration of dark revelations.

Book cover for The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden.

The Bear and the Nightingale

Katherine Arden

In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, a stranger with piercing blue eyes presents a new father with a gift - a precious jewel on a delicate chain, intended for his young daughter. Uncertain of its meaning, Pytor hides the gift away and Vasya grows up a wild, willful girl, to the chagrin of her family. But when mysterious forces threaten the happiness of their village, Vasya discovers that, armed only with the necklace, she may be the only one who can keep the darkness at bay.

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