Böcker av Scott E. Miller

Separated from her pack, alone, frightened and soon to give birth, Star must struggle to survive in an unforgiving world filled with danger. With enemies everywhere, Star chances upon some unlikely allies, a group of strange two-legged creatures she has never encountered before. At first afraid, she however soon finds herself unexpected drawn to them.

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 frontier.

This was no dainty, cottony cloud that I'd enjoyed watching as I lay in the grass staring up at the sky. This was ugly and evil, and it sent a shiver up my spine.For fourteen-year-old Claire McKay, the last two years have been a constant struggle for her and her family as they continue to build a life on the unforgiving prairie. But it was not all hard work. There was also school, friends, picnics, a new horse . . . and Caleb.Based on true events, Beyond the Prairie Sunset picks up two years after Miller's debut novel, Beneath a Prairie Sky. The story vividly recounts the challenges faced by those brave pioneers as they tamed wild Nebraska prairie and made a life for themselves.