The Boy Who Built A Rocket Ship And Another

The novellas "The Boy Who Built A Rocket Ship" and "The Day It Snowed Forever" are primarily narratives about the loss of childhood innocence. The first is the story of a young boy who worships his older brother as a mechanical genius and wants to help him in his secret revolt against the authoritarian society they are trapped in. However, he gradually learns who his older brother really is, and what the motives for his rebellion really are, and how their mother and father have struggled to...