Ticket to Curlew / Lottridge, Celia Barker

After moving from Ohio to Alberta, Sam and his family cope with the vast prairie isolation and the relentess winter.

In 1915, young Sam Ferrier moves with his family from Iowa to Curlew, Alberta, and must adjust to an entirely different life--one shaped by isolation, brutal winters, the disappearance of his little brother, and a remarkable horse.