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Ive known it since last nightIts been too long to expect them to return. Somethings happened.If May is a brave, stubborn fighter, the short, free-verse lines are one-two punches in this Laura Ingalls Wilder-inspired ode to the human spirit, raved Kirkus Reviews in a starred review. May is helping out on a neighbors Kansas prairie homesteadjust until Christmas, says Pa. She wants to contribute, but its hard to be separated from her family by 15 long, unfamiliar miles. Then the unthinkable happens May is abandoned. Trapped in a tiny snow-covered sod house, isolated from family and neighbors, May must prepare for the oncoming winter. While fighting to survive, Mays memories of her struggles with reading at school come back to haunt her. But shes determined to find her way home again.