在這本書裏Laura的姐姐Mary因為生病而失明了，媽媽也生病了，同時他們又有了新妹妹--Grace，在Plum Creek住了五年之後，為了更好的工作機會爸爸決定要全家搬到西部去，當他們到了Silver Lake之後，他們能夠真正的安定下來嗎？而這段時間又會發生什麼事呢？
這一系列的故事在描寫原本住在樹林裏的一個小家庭 Laura和她的爸媽、姐姐Mary以及妹妹們的日常生活故事，以及後來搬到大草原之後所發生的故事。適合12歲以上兒童閱讀。
One always hesitates as to whether these stories of Laura Wilder's childhood belong with fiction or non-fiction, so place this where you have found the others sell best. This follows On The Banks of Plum Creek, and the Ingalls' family go on to Dakota Territory, where they eventually homestead. They pass an initial year in the settlement, - the summer in a shack near a trading post, the winter in a deserted cabin. Laura is thirteen, with a healthy adolescent curiosity about the new country; Mary, her sister, has gone blind, but her courage and resourcefulness are a constant inspiration. The coming of the railroad, the influx of settlers, bring new elements into the section. A splendidly written contribution to factual frontier material, of special interest to the Middle Western market. (Kirkus Reviews) |
