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"A fire begins in Deadwood, South Dakota and is soon raging through the Ponderosa Pine Forest of the Black Hills. Nine-year-old Annette, her siblings, and cousins are sent home from school early. Later in the evening, the children notice the smell of smoke. Turning on the television, they find out that the fire is actually very close. The newscast reveals that Annette's dad, uncle, and their fellow workers in the Homestake Gold Mine have been signaled to evacuate the mine and ordered to join the ranks of those fighting the fire. Radio and TV announcers let listeners know that Deadwood is being evacuated, and that residents in the nearby town of Lead, where Annette and her family live, should standby for further direction. It is a scary time for Annette, as her mom, aunt, siblings, and cousins, plan and prepare for possible evacuation. She must summon up the courage to go into the dreaded basement alone to collect supplies. Worse yet, when Mother experiences an asthma attack and sister Betty breaks her toe playing kickball, Aunt Dolly needs to drive them to the hospital, leaving Annette in charge of the other children. Annette faces her eleven siblings and cousins who look at her ""like a bunch of lost puppies."" In addition to coming up with ways to keep everyone occupied and calm, she must prepare supper for them, all the while worrying that they have no means of escaping, should they need to evacuate."

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Annette Gagliardi is a Minnesota teacher, author, and poet. Her first full-length poetry book, A Short Supply of Viability, was released in July of 2022. Annette has authored two children's books: The Three Betty Goats Griff, and Resourceful Erica. Her poetry appears in Motherwell, Wisconsin Review, American Diversity Report, Origami Poems Project, Door IS Ajar, and many more online and in-print magazines. Find more of Annette's work at: https: //annette-gagliardi.com/ Illustrator, Elizabeth Glaser, is retired and lives in northern Wisconsin with her husband. Most of her artwork is of animals and landscapes that reflect her love of nature. She has worked in oils, acrylics, colored pencils, and graphite. Elizabeth is self-taught, but has taken independent art and painting, and commercial art classes. In addition to drawing most of her life, crafting has always been an interest, and includes greeting cards, scrapbooking, quilting, and wood art. While earning a living as a secretary in numerous capacities and raising two children, Elizabeth occasionally took part in art shows and gallery sales. Most of her artwork sales have been by commission. More recently, she has illustrated six children's picture books, including two with author, Annette Gagliardi: The Three Betty Goats Griff, and Resourceful Erica. Ponderosa Pines is Elizabeth's first illustrated chapter book. Erica Onsrud, Ponderosa Pines' cover layout designer, is a creative collaborator and mentor who uses her experience in strategic thinking, storytelling, and design to bring ideas to life. Erica is fueled by curiosity, adventures in the outdoors, and strawberry-rhubarb jam. She lives in Minneapolis.

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