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.

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