A Blizzard Year

by Gretel Ehrlich

Book Overview

"Ehrlich ventures confidently into new terrain in her eloquent and affecting debut children's novel. [Her] prose, as pristine and spare as her snow-covered landscape, portrays the quiet drama of the changing seasons -- in both their consistency and unpredictability -- as well as a family attuned to nature's every nuance." --Publisher's Weekly, starred review

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786803649
• ISBN13: 9780786803644
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 8

Customer Reviews

Book Review

This was a pretty interesting book. Timmy's family doesn't have a lot of money, and after a bad winter they lost quite a few animals. They cannot afford to keep their ranch. Timmy does all she can do to save her ranch, but she doesn't know how much she can do without much money. None of her family wants to leave the ranch, but pretty soon there isn't going to be a choice.

Fabulous book!

I am an elementary school librarian in Colorado and this is a terrific book for anyone who loves the outdoors and the west. The passages at the beginning of each chapter are wonderful descriptions of the changing wildlife and environment. The story is compelling and the characters are real and likeable. I don't usually post reviews like this...but I really like this book and encourage others to read it!