Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2016 · Grades 4-8 · Nominee
About This Book
I've known it since last night:
It's been too long to expect them to return.
Something's happened.
May is helping out on a neighbor's Kansas prairie homestead—just until Christmas, says Pa. She wants to contribute, but it's hard to be separated from her family by 15 long, unfamiliar miles. Then the unthinkable happens: May is abandoned. Trapped in a tiny snow-covered sod house, isolated from family and neighbors, May must prepare for the oncoming winter. While fighting to survive, May's memories of her struggles with reading at school come back to haunt her. But she's determined to find her way home again. Caroline Starr Rose's fast-paced novel, written in beautiful and riveting verse, gives readers a strong new heroine to love.
It's been too long to expect them to return.
Something's happened.
May is helping out on a neighbor's Kansas prairie homestead—just until Christmas, says Pa. She wants to contribute, but it's hard to be separated from her family by 15 long, unfamiliar miles. Then the unthinkable happens: May is abandoned. Trapped in a tiny snow-covered sod house, isolated from family and neighbors, May must prepare for the oncoming winter. While fighting to survive, May's memories of her struggles with reading at school come back to haunt her. But she's determined to find her way home again. Caroline Starr Rose's fast-paced novel, written in beautiful and riveting verse, gives readers a strong new heroine to love.
Awards
Georgia Children's Book Award
2015 · Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8) · Alternate
Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award
2015 · Children's · Nominee
Land of Enchantment Book Award
2015 · Children's · Nominee
Young Hoosier Book Award
2015 · Intermediate · Nominee
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award
2014 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Charlotte Award
2014 · Intermediate/Grades 3-5 · Nominee
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2014 · Children's · Nominee
Golden Sower Award
2014 · Intermediate · Nominee
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
2014 · Grades 3-5 · Nominee
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2014 · Junior Book · Nominee
Volunteer State Book Award
2014 · Intermediate · Nominee
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2013 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
New Mexico Book Award
2012 · Juvenile · Winner
New Mexico-Arizona Book Award
2012 · Juvenile · Winner
Junior Library Guild
2012 · Selection
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