Rating: Additional Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009, $16.00
ISBN: 9780618685882
Age/Grade Level: Grades 4-6
With the wild winter we have been having, this book's subject matter is stilli topical even though it is set in the 1950's. Rachel and her family, who live on a farm, get cut off by severe blizzards. She and her two older sisters are allowed to move into a motel in town so they can continue school. The story, as were the earlier titles Prairie Summer and Lessons, is based on autho Bonnie Geisert's memories of growing up in South Dakota. Unfortunately, it reads more like a memoir than a novel; characters are only sketchily developed and the overall writing style is wooden.
Reviewer: Mary Smith, OCPL/El Toro
