For thirteen-year-old Willanna Bannerman, 1883 was both an end and a beginning. It started with the fire that left Willie and her brother TJ orphaned and sent them on a long, lonely journey with an uncle and aunt they didn't know.
Willie knew things would be different in her new home but she couldn't imagine everything that awaited her. The first surprise was Snowbird, the beautiful, almost magical, silver foal born the day Willie arrived and destined to be her own. The second surprise was Aunt Belle, a woman brimming over with dreams even bigger then Willie's and with the strength to stick with them no matter what. Through Belle and the Snowbird, Willie began to put the pieces of her life back together. But she still had to learn about loving, caring, and living- and she could only learn by letting go of what she treasured most...
