Literature & Fiction, United States, Contemporary, Western 

Angela Peterson's family had moved west because her mother had not been well and the doctor said the cooler, clear air of the region might be easier on her lungs. Her father sold the farm and loaded everything they could take with them. They found new land and a new life, setting about to build another farm. Her mother's health improved at least for a while. Then a winter cold put her back in bed and it became clear she had only months to live. Angela was just fourteen and in those intervening months her mother tried to prepare her for the responsibility of raising three young siblings. But no one dreamed that something would happen to their father. For Angela, now seventeen, and her older brother Thomas, the events that reshaped their family also changed their lives. Angela does her best to care for the children, but wonders if she is providing everything they need. As the children grow, the questions and challenges intensify, at times even feel overwhelming. Preparing them for life seems to require something more but she did not know a bigger challenge was yet to come.