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It is the 1930s when Dad, the seventeen-year-old twins, and their younger sister arrive in Wyoming to homestead on an unproved claim. Rivalries on the football field and in the new vocational school, a blinding snowstorm, and troubles with the "big man" are overcome, and a new home is established.

From The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books (1993)
Sarah Lindsay Schmidt

Sarah Lindsay Schmidt

American
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Frank Dobias

Frank Dobias

1902-
Austrian American
Frank Dobias was an Austrian artist who moved to the United States in the 1920's and illustrated children's books mostly for Macmillan Publishers. His... See more

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