In a blinding blizzard a schoolbus overturns and a young teacher, her seven pupils, and the driver - a mere boy - are stranded in the open country, miles from the nearest ranchhouse. Thus Mari Sandoz introduces a situation that will stretch the limits of human endurance. Winter Thunder has been named by the Reader's Digest as one of the ten best American short novels.
When a school bus overturns in a blinding blizzard, a young teacher and her pupils are stranded miles from anywhere for eight days.
