Billy Winter thought that his life couldn't couldn't get any worse. His parents preferring their collection of incontinent cats to him. His whole life seemed to be covered in cat hair!
On top of this, he has to contend with lank hair and long gangly legs. This, however, turns out to be the least of his worries, when, on the eve of his thirteenth birthday he has a row with his parents, and takes refuge in a nearby churchyard, where he encounters a strange being made of snow who tells him he isn't exactly who he thinks he is! ...Billy shares his incredible news with his best friends, a brother and sister, Stan and Kezia, who accompany him on amazing adventure into a world of creatures and lands who you may have only thought existed in fairy tales and nightmares.....
On top of this, he has to contend with lank hair and long gangly legs. This, however, turns out to be the least of his worries, when, on the eve of his thirteenth birthday he has a row with his parents, and takes refuge in a nearby churchyard, where he encounters a strange being made of snow who tells him he isn't exactly who he thinks he is! ...Billy shares his incredible news with his best friends, a brother and sister, Stan and Kezia, who accompany him on amazing adventure into a world of creatures and lands who you may have only thought existed in fairy tales and nightmares.....