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Winter Thunder and the Christmas of the Phonograph Records with Related Readings (Glencoe Literature Library)
Winter Thunder and the Christmas of the Phonograph Records with Related Readings - Glencoe Literature Library Author:Mari Sandoz Winter Thunder is a gripping survival story based on a true event. A school bus filled with children overturns in a blizzard. Lecia Terry, the young teacher, leads her frightened students through the blinding snow and protects them as the storm rages for days. The Christmas of the Phonograph Records tells the story of the emotional effect a new ... more »record player has in the lives of a poor family and their community. The narrator recalls that even with worn-out shoes for her brother and herself and the family's unpaid mortgage, the records and the music on those records were not an extravagance but a necessity.« less