The children's blizzard : a novel
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Published
New York : Delacorte Press, [2021].
ISBN
9780399182280, 0399182284, 9780399182303
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
NOVEL BENJAMIN
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor | NOVEL BENJAMIN | On Shelf |
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Acorn Public Library District - Stacks | FIC BENJAMIN, M. | On Shelf |
Addison Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult Books | FIC BENJAMIN M. | On Shelf |
Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library District - Stacks | F BENJAMIN | On Shelf |
Batavia Public Library District - Adult Fiction | FIC Benjamin, Melanie | On Shelf |
Beecher Community Library District - Stacks | F BEN | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Blizzards -- Dakota Territory -- History -- Fiction.
Blizzards -- Fiction.
Dakota Territory -- History -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Dakota Territory -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Immigrants -- Dakota Territory -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
Pioneers -- Dakota Territory -- Fiction.
Sagas.
School children -- Fiction.
Teachers -- Fiction.
Blizzards -- Fiction.
Dakota Territory -- History -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Dakota Territory -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Immigrants -- Dakota Territory -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
Pioneers -- Dakota Territory -- Fiction.
Sagas.
School children -- Fiction.
Teachers -- Fiction.
More Details
Published
New York : Delacorte Press, [2021].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
351 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780399182280, 0399182284, 9780399182303
Notes
Description
The morning of January 12, 1888, was unusually mild, following a punishing cold spell. It was warm enough for the homesteaders of the Dakota territory to venture out again, and for their children to return to school without their heavy coats, leaving them unprepared when disaster struck. At just the hour when most prairie schools were letting out for the day, a terrifying, fast-moving blizzard blew in without warning. Schoolteachers as young as sixteen were suddenly faced with life and death decisions: keep the children inside, to risk freezing to death when fuel ran out, or send them home, praying they wouldn't get lost in the storm? Based on actual oral histories of survivors, this gripping novel follows the stories of Raina and Gerda Olsen, two sisters, both schoolteachers, one who becomes a hero of the storm, and one who finds herself ostracized in the aftermath.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Benjamin, M. (2021). The children's blizzard: a novel (First edition.). Delacorte Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Benjamin, Melanie, 1962-. 2021. The Children's Blizzard: A Novel. Delacorte Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Benjamin, Melanie, 1962-. The Children's Blizzard: A Novel Delacorte Press, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Benjamin, Melanie. The Children's Blizzard: A Novel First edition., Delacorte Press, 2021.
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