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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
The verse novel form is particularly well suited to this spare survival story set on the homesteaded Kansas prairie. In late August, young May's parents send her off to work for a newly married couple on their isolated farm fifteen miles away, promising she'll be back by Christmas. But when the homesick Mrs. Oblinger runs away and her husband sets off to retrieve her and doesn't return, May is stran...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012 | Intermediate Fiction
In this spare survival story in verse set on the homesteaded Kansas prairie, May finds herself snowed in, alone, and unable to ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More