Laura and her family must survive a winter in which it is one blizzard after another. The trains are stuck in the snow and they can't get any more supplies. The coal is all gone as is the wood. And there is precious little food left.
The Leanin' Dog by K.A. Nuzum
Dessa and her father have been grieving her mother's death. Dessa isn't allowed to go into town or even really leave the yard of their house. Then an injured dog arrives and helps Dessa and her father to move on.
The Snow Spider by Jenny Nimmo
Gwyn was given five gifts by his grandmother on his ninth birthday in the hopes that they will show him how to become a magician. When he releases the gifts to the winds he is given a spider in return -- a special spider that shows him a snowy, icy land where his sister seems to have gone.
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