When Rain Turns to Snow

Thirteen-year-old Lissa was the only one home after school the day things began to change in her life. Harry, her seventeen-year-old brother, was at footy training and their Mum was at work. So, when Lissa saw a hooded young man standing at the back door, with something in his arms, she was frightened. It turned out Reed was also thirteen, and he was carrying his brother Eliot’s baby, Mercy. Reed had run away from his parents in Ballarat, looking to Eliot in Melbourne for help, but Eliot had thrust baby Mercy at him and told him to go.Lissa, in trying to help Reed and Mercy, would learn things about herself that she hadn’t known; things that shocked her. Reed had also learned things about himself which was his reason for running away. Harry was in trouble with mates, girls from school and social media. He’d turned surly with his family and Lissa desperately wanted to help him. What would be the outcome for these confused, mixed up teenagers who had life ahead of them? And would Mercy be alright – they were sure she was getting very sick?When Rain Turns to Snow is a coming of age story by Aussie author Jane Godwin and is my first by this author. There are a few inconsistencies I noticed in this book, but apart from that, I quite enjoyed the novel. Uncertainty, confusion, teenage angst where friends you think you know, turn out to be the worst people of all – it all comes together in the end. Recommended.