The Freezing Moon

Ages 7 - 11

90 pages, 12 chapters

The Story

I was drifting in and out of sleep when a piercing scream filled the shanty. I stared at the door, frozen with shock. Star sat up and gave a low warning growl deep in his throat. Pirate leaped to the floor. His fur bristled. He jumped to the window and pressed his face against the dark glass. The scream came again, shrill and blood curdling at first, then turning into a long eerie wail.


In this sequel to Ellie’s New Home, Ellie, Max and Papa are living in a shanty on their own land beside a big blue lake. Ellie has learned many of the skills she needs to survive as a pioneer and she has made new friends. Meeting up with a bear in the berry patch, visits from the Indians who live across the lake and following her brother to a traveling prayer meeting are all part of Ellie’s experiences. The true test of her courage comes in the month of the “freezing moon” (the Indian name for November) when Papa fails to return from a hunting trip, and Ellie and Max must go to the Indian camp for help.

Canadian Children’s Book News We Recommend. 2001