Does she have the courage and strength to lead her class through the whiteout to safety?Īlison Hart offers young readers a dramatic story of rescue and survival featuring a plucky, determined protagonist. When a unexpected blizzard traps Anna, her schoolmates, and their young teacher in the one-room schoolhouse, Anna knows they must escape before it is too late. Arithmetic is too hard, her penmanship is abysmal, and stuck-up Eloise Baxter always laughs at her mistakes.
On the open prairie, Anna feels at home.īut at school she feels hopelessly out of place. She doesn't mind helping out with chores, especially when she is herding sheep with her beloved pony, Top Hat. Twelve-year-old Anna loves life on the Nebraska prairie where she lives with her parents and four-year-old brother in a simple sod house. When a fierce blizzard suddenly kicks up on a mild winter day, a young Nebraska girl must find the courage and strength to lead others to safety in this novel inspired by the true story of the 1888 School Children's Blizzard.
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