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Category Archives: Middle Grades
Little Town on the Prairie
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Life is finally becoming a bit easier for the Ingalls family. There are no major hardships for them to face; the farm is coming along nicely and Mary is finally able … Continue reading
The Long Winter
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder Pioneer life is at its most difficult in The Long Winter. What will seem to modern readers as exciting snow days quickly deteriorates to harrowing life-threatening conditions as the town runs out of provisions. … Continue reading
By the Shores of Silver Lake
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder Pa is again restless. They’ve been two more years by Plum Creek and the crops are weak and the animals are scarce. Pa wants a place where the hunting is better. … Continue reading
On the Banks of Plum Creek
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder Now in Minnesota, the Ingalls family once again tries to get back on their feet. Although there’s not much game here for hunting, Pa hopes the wheat crop will bring … Continue reading
Farmer Boy
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder In terms of publication, this is the second book in the series. For whatever reason, I always thought it was the third in the series (in fact, I can find it listed as the … Continue reading
Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder If my memory serves correctly, this is the book in the Little House series with the most racism. And there is good reason for that. The Ingalls family relocates from their … Continue reading
Little House in the Big Woods
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder Of all the books in the Little House series, this is the one I’ve read the most often. Many of you already know that I am a purist about starting … Continue reading
May B.
May B. by Caroline Starr Rose Mavis Elizabeth Betterly must leave her family, her schooling and her home to live as a hired girl in another family’s soddy (think Laura Ingalls grass sod home in On the Banks of Plum … Continue reading
Penina Levine is a Potato Pancake
Penina Levine Is a Potato Pancake by Rebecca O’Connell Plenty of girls will find it easy to relate to Penina Levine, whether or not they are Jewish. She’s a procrasinator and has left her Hanukkah gift-making until the very last … Continue reading
