A Gift from the Past and The Big Wind

STORYTELLING AT ITS BEST FOR TWEENS & TEENS

- FAITH & FAMILY FRIENDLY -

Thirteen-year-old Caitlyn knew that many feet had walked over the beautiful high meadow and into the deep rugged canyon she loved so much near her family’s guest ranch in the Oklahoma Panhandle.

In addition to the hooves, padded paws, claws, and talons that still roamed this untamed land, there were the footsteps of boots, shoes, and moccasins of centuries past that had left their mark with stories to be told. What Caitlyn didn’t know was just how personal all those stories would become as she and her homeschooled friends left their own footsteps in the canyon.

This exceptionally researched historical fiction series for tweens and teens combines stories from the present day with those of the settlers pushing West in the late 1800s and from the lives of the Kiowa Indians a century earlier.

A Gift From the Past

Caitlyn’s discovery of a tragedy in the canyon by her home was unexpected. That day, she was only wishing to rest her eyes from staring at the computer screen and at the puzzle called mathematics. But this discovery was a different kind of puzzle, and with each piece she set in place, it squeezed her heart a little more. Yet she was drawn to it like a moth to a flame and would cherish it for the rest of her life.

The Big Wind

Over the years, many people had lived on the high meadow beside the box canyon, including those of the tipi village a hundred years ago. Now, thirteen-year-old Caitlyn lives on the same high meadow. She visits the same canyon with the river running through it. She feels the same sunshine and rain and even the whirling cone of wind dropping out of the clouds—that fearsome funnel of air and debris known as the twister. Staying safe would not be easy.

SHORTS:

Christmas on the Prairie

Sometimes the dullest days turned out to be exciting and interesting, and that was often the way of snowstorms on the high meadow. When there was winter company and a holiday like Christmas, what more can a person ask for? Even the misfortune of a neighbor can have a happy ending when friends band together to weather a winter storm.

Rodeo & Skydiving

What could be more boring than cutting hay to feed animals in the winter? Not much! But it was hay-cutting time on the ranch, and it was the hottest time of the year. There was work by day and bull (actually calf) riding by night. Who would have thought that right in the middle of hay cutting a noise would be heard in the sky above them, and a lot of fun people would drop in to share in this fun time?

Author Bio



Ms. Joann Klusmeyer is the daughter of pioneer missionary parents. She grew up in rural Arkansas and learned and served in the little country church her father built and then pastored. Ms. Klusmeyer is a prolific author with over 50 titles to her credit (and counting).



Ms. Klusmeyer’s historical fiction series for adults, set between the 1880s and the 1920s, include: The Burnt Tree Junction Series, The Ozark Mountain Series, Taming the Wilderness Series, Wisps of Time Chronology Series, and The Wishbone Hollow Trilogy.



Her family-friendly children’s book series include: The Great I AM Bible Story Series for Kids, The Young Pioneers Adventure Series for Kids, The Wentworth Triplets Mystery Series for Young Teens, and Footsteps in the Canyon Adventure Series for Young Teens.