This was a tough read for me. Not because it was hard to read or anything, but because the subject was a little difficult.
The Long Winter is about, well, a long winter. The blizzards hit De Smet, South Dakota in October and did not fully let up until April. The trains that would bring in the food for the town stopped. The trains were not able to move through the cuts before a blizzard filled them in again. The families in the town begin to starve before the winter ends.
Laura, the second oldest, but the oldest seeing child, has to help her parents with everything. She feels the worry that they feel that the entire family won't make it through the winter.
Just a few more books left in this series. I'm excited to share them with my daughter at bedtime.
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