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Synopsis
One bright day in 1888, Sarah looks across the prairie and sees a huge wall of dark clouds. The wind roars. Snow swirls all around. It's a blizzard! Sarah and the rest of Miss Freeman's class are trapped in their schoolhouse. Then heavy snow makes the roof cave in. The children are in terrible danger. What will Miss Freeman do to save them?
Mary Quattlebaum - Children's Literature
March may harbor spring but it still might hold a snowflake or two. Local author Marty Rhodes Figley tells of a devastating day in 1888 when a sudden snowstorm caused a prairie schoolhouse to collapse. The 19-year-old teacher, quick-thinking Minnie Freeman, tied a rope to the children and lead them through the blinding snow to the safety of her own little sod house half a mile away. The Schoolchildren's Blizzard adds an important true story to the national annals of brave children and teens. The early-reader format and lovely watercolors by Shelly Haas help make the tale accessible to beginning readers and show how important it is to keep a cool head in emergencies. Part of the "On My Own History Series. 2004, Lerner, Ages 5 to 8.