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Publication
HarperCollins (2007), Edition: Reissue, 192 pages
Description
After grasshoppers ruin the crops, eight-year-old Laura Ingalls and her family leave Plum Creek and move to Burr Oak, Iowa, where they experience life in a small town and help manage a hotel.
User reviews
LibraryThing member summerdinah
I highly recommend this book for those who have interest in or who have read the Laura Ingalls Wilder series. This book is based on the unpublished memoirs of Laura Ingalls Wilder. The story takes place during the two year period between On the Banks of Plum Creek and By the Lakes of Silver Shore.
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The family must move several times and adapt to different living environments. There are a few highlights for Laura during these two years: she enjoys her experiences at school , she had delightful neighbors that she enjoys visiting with, and she enjoyed the company of her sisters. If you enjoy historical stories about the mid-west and prarie life, this is a good read for you! Show Less
LibraryThing member bridgetrwilson
Didn't have quite the same style as the original books, but it was enjoyable all the same.
LibraryThing member satyridae
Rylant takes on the missing two years from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie series and I think succeeds very well. Covers the time between On The Banks Of Plum Creek and By The Shores of Silver Lake. The voice rings true, the main events are factual though very sad, and the
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illustrations are adequate. A worthy addition to the canon. Show Less
LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
Almost like meringue, though some pretty intense things happen. It's just too concise to stick with me. There are descriptive passages of the prairies and farmlands, etc., and we get to know some of the characters better (esp. Ma with her prissiness - remember how she ironed the laundry in the
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dugout on Plum Creek?), and it's great to fill in this gap in the original series... but still, it's just not substantial enough for me to whole-heartedly recommend. I guess because it's a middle book. No world-building, no over-arching plot, and no climax... just episodes, anecdotes. Otoh, it is very short, so if you're interested, do go ahead and read it. Show Less
LibraryThing member jennybeast
Cynthia Rylant totally missed the boat on this one. She added a super saccharine piety, in what I can only assume was an attempt to make the book seem old fashioned. Has she ever read Laura's work? She seemed to miss the honesty that's present in the real series, and the no-nonsense response to
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survival amidst trying and sometimes tragic circumstances. While none of the little house spin-offs can really hold a candle to the original series, this was the only book that I found truly awful. Show Less
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English
Original publication date
2002
Physical description
7.62 inches
ISBN
0060885467 / 9780060885465
Local notes
This story was written to cover the Ingalls family's time in Burr Oak, Iowa, from 1875-1877. It takes place between Plum Creek (book #4) and Silver Lake (book #5).