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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
K-Gr 3 From their creaky front-porch rocking chairs, Walt (a social butterfly) and Fred (his polar opposite) recall New England's Great Blizzard of 1888, when they were young men. "Eh-yah, didn't think it would amount to much," muses Fred. But it did, and caught both of them unhappily by surprise: shy Fred found himself stuck in a lively, crowded tavern in town, while Walt was forced to take cover alone in his barn. When th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
As young men, the narrator's grandfathers experience the Massachusetts blizzard of 1888 quite differently. Gregarious Walt was stranded a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More