Synopses & Reviews
For one year, 13-year-old Timmy records in her journal the changes she sees in the natural world and her family's activities on their Wyoming ranch as they fight to save it from financial ruin. Black-and-white illustrations throughout.
Review
"Novelist, poet and nonfiction author Ehrlich ventures confidently onto new terrain in her eloquent and affecting debut children's novel....Timmy's pluck and ingenuity lead to a bright resolution. Ehrlich's prose, as pristine and spare as her snow-covered landscape, portrays the quiet drama of the changing seasons in both their constancy and unpredictability as well as a family attuned to nature's every nuance." Publishers Weekly
Review
"Told as monthly almanac entries that lovingly evoke nature's seasons and the various ranch occupations, Ehrlich's novel wisely subordinates the slow-moving plot to mood and rich observation." Horn Book