The Children's Blizzard: A Novel by Melanie Benjamin

This is the story of courage on the South Dakota prairie, inspired by the devastating storm that struck the Great Plains in 1888, threatening the lives of hundreds of immigrant homesteaders, especially schoolchildren.

The Children's Blizzard: A Novel was chosen as the South Dakota Humanities 2021 One Book South Dakota.

Hardcover 
368 Pages
ISBN 9780399182280