Onja Claibourn is almost fifteen. Her world is one of sage, buffalo bills, brown-eyed susans, cactus, flax, buckbrush, foxtail and orange moss - the world of the valley just beyond the family farm. Old roads twist like a game of snakes and ladders into the valley. Onja and her horse Ginger spend their summer days in exploration. But things begin to change when Onja discovers first an archeological dig and then the startling fact that there is a plan to dam and flood her valley. She cannot contemplate this change to the landscape she loves so much. And when she also discovers sixteen-year-old Etthen, working with the archaeologists, she begins those first faltering footsteps toward a totally unfamiliar landscape--romantic love. Voice of the Valley is a poetic, multi-layered, coming-of-age story inspired by the controversial flooding of Saskatchewan's Souris Valley. Onja Claibourn is a wonderfully complex and very real character - innocent, wise, shy, stubborn, playful, and caring. The other major character in the novel is the prairie landscape itself - huge sky, harsh sun, rolling hills, sweeping fields of grain. Voice of the Valley is Sheena Koops first novel. She is an author who has stuck to the old adage "write what you know" and that faith has served her tremendously well in this compelling story. Sheena Koops teaches high school and lives with her family in the historic Qu'Appelle Valley.
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