<p>&quot;Nothing is as peaceful as living in the mountains.&quot;&nbsp;That&#39;s what Laurie&#39;s mom said when the family left New York City for the Colorado mountains. Sure it was peaceful until the worst blizzard ever hit&mdash;and without warning.</p><p>Yesterday thirteen-year-old Laurie was an average girl living a normal life. Now she is trapped in a house cut off from the outside world&mdash;no cell phone no internet.&nbsp;And trapped with her is fourteen-year-old Russell a brainy know-it-all boy she absolutely despises and five small children. She doesn&#39;t especially like kids and now she is totally responsible for all of them.</p><p>The children face disaster after disaster as the storm rages on.</p>