This collection of short stories examines Mennonite families and the conflict between tradition and change. The short stories focus on relationships, patriarchal rule and the push-pull of urban life vs. rural life. Food is an underlying theme in some of the short stories; it is more than nutrition to feed the body, it is a community event.--Ministry of Education website. .

Contents: Luna -- Ashes -- Ice house -- Little lamb -- Mennonites don't dance -- Dandelion wine -- Loft -- Magpie -- Undone hero -- Year of the grasshopper -- Poor Nella Pea. English language arts 30 (2013). Notes: Educators are advised to choose selections from the text that connect to the themes of the secondary English language arts curriculum.--Ministry of Education website. .