| Specifications | 5 1/2" X 8 1/4"; 112 pages |
| Author(s) | Marion Dane Bauer |
| List Price | | US$ 16.99 |  | |  |
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About
the Book
It used to be just Stacy and her dad, ever
since Stacy’s mother left them five years ago. But Stacy’s
stepmother, Barbara, seems to have taken over their world—and now
she’s pregnant, too. One hot June morning Stacy runs away, not sure where
she’s going or what she’s looking for—her mother, maybe? She
heads across the Oklahoma panhandle where she has always lived, without
supplies, without a plan. After a scary night alone on the prairie, a pair of
white German shepherd dogs finds her. They lead her to their mistress, Old Ella,
a woman who lives alone in a small secluded cabin. It is here that Stacy
confronts the true source of her anger and learns what it really means to be a
woman, a daughter, a friend. First published in 1976,
Shelter from the Wind
is a heart-rending story of a girl’s coming of age set
against the backdrop of the harsh Oklahoma
panhandle.
Marion
Dane Bauer
lives in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
