Review: "May B" by Caroline Starr Rose

Looking for a good winter survival story to curl up with? "May B" by Caroline Starr Rose might just be the perfect choice for you! Written in verse, this tale of courage and resourcefulness in the face of loneliness and desertion on the prairie can be read in one sitting.

May B's family is low on money, so she is pulled from school to be hired help for a couple fifteen miles across the prairie. Isolated from her family and town, May watches as the neighbor's new wife grows unhappy with her life and then leaves. When her husband doesn't return after a frantic search for his missing wife, May is left completely alone on the prairie. Her father isn't going to pick her up for a few more months, and so May B has to use her wits and skills to survive. Appropriate for readers in grades three to six. Click the link above to reserve a copy today.

Andrea W., Youth Services