"Winter's Song is about the intimate relationship of a single season to the people living in that region of the United States where winter is most intense. The book presents spring summer and fall as relatively similar seasonal offerings but holds up winter as practically a separate planet, and one that has profoundly influenced and shaped the people of the North, particularly in those northern states at the center of the country, where it's coldest....

The coming-of-age saga of young Jacob McKay, who becomes stranded with his family in the Rocky Mountains, where they are befriended by human and animal inhabitants.

Legend of the Ruby Silver: A mother and son are hired to lend a hand at a mining site. When the mine doesn't produce as expected, dangers become more and more real. Walking thunder: The coming-of-age saga of young Jacob McKay, who becomes stranded with his family in the Rocky Mountains, where they are befriended by human and animal inhabitants. Long road home: Being left with nowhere else to go Seth moves to his grandparents farm in Utah. Seth grows...