Van Leeuwen, Jean. Cabin on Trouble Creek

Van Leeuwen, Jean. Cabin on Trouble Creek. Dial Books, 2004 0-8037-2548-5]
It is summer of 1803 and Daniel and Will are brought to the wilds of Ohio to build a cabin and hold it while the father goes back to Pennsylvania to get the rest of family. Little do Daniel and Will realize that their father would return until almost a year later. They have to finish the cabin as best they could and survive the harsh winter. This 219 page book is a great survival adventure in the frontier.