The Tin Snail - Cameron McAllister (Paperback) 07-05-2015 Short-listed for Peters Book of the Year Award 2015 (UK).
It's 1938. In order to save his dad's job, Angelo needs to invent a brand-new car that can carry: a farmer his wife two chickens a flagon of wine and a dozen eggs across a bumpy field without breaking a single egg . . . and without the enemy discovering his top-secret design! Here's the extraordinary story - inspired by real events - of how one little car changed history.