Eleven-year-old Sam and his family move from Kentucky to Dakota Territory in 1874. While they expect to encounter many hardships, they didn't foresee the threat that would soon loom over their heads like a black cloud. A terrible plague of locusts destroys an entire year's worth of crops. Ann Turner delivers a fascinating historical fiction tale for readers' age eight to 12 years old in the dramatic American Frontier story, Grasshopper Summer.
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