All Jake had to worry about on that unseasonably warm January day was remembering his homework, meeting up with friends and avoiding the school bully. Little did he know that in just a few short hours, he'd be struggling to survive a violent winter storm. Based on a true event, JOURNEY TO MORNING by Nebraska native Scott E. Miller chronicles the life and death challenges that Nebraska pioneers faced on that fateful day in 1888. (Young Adult historical fiction)

My heart thumped in my chest. Fear coursed through me...it was not a rope, but a snake. A rattlesnake. For twelve year-old pioneer Claire McKay, leaving her grandparents and the world she knows to settle with her family near the Niobrara River in northern Nebraska seemed like a grand adventure. Soon, however, the reality of hard work, dust, isolation, and miles of endless prairie turns her new life into a struggle for survival. But with the love of her family, and the friendship of a shy neighbor boy, Claire finds the strength to cope with the trials of creating a new life on the Nebraska...