![]() ![]() Does she have the courage and strength to lead her school through the whiteout to safety?Īlison Hart offers young readers a dramatic story of rescue and survival featuring a plucky, determined protagonist. When an intense Nebraska blizzard traps Anna, her schoolmates, and 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. But 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. ![]()
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