Danny and Life on Bluff Point

Ten-year-old Danny Lee doesn't share his sisters' excitement when their schoolteacher comes to live with them in January of 1895. Danny knows each family needs to take a turn housing their teacher Miss Spaulding. But she's one more person in the house treating him like a child and telling him what to do. Of course this means more work for Danny who already has many chores helping Ma and Pa on their farm in New York.<p> Danny soon realizes that Miss Spaulding is a good houseguest and he enjoys his conversations with her. But he also yearns for some male company and is excited when he gets to take his horse on a day trip with his older cousin Jay. The trip becomes scary when the boys are caught at the beginning of a fierce blizzard that lasts for days.