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Historical Fiction · 1941 · G

Little Town on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura's family in De Smet, Dakota Territory — she begins teaching school

ForAll agesGenreHistorical FictionLength290 pagesRead time~7.5 hours

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Violence

None

No violence; period-appropriate hardship on the Dakota prairie

Language

None

No profanity; Wilder's warm frontier prose

Sexual Content

None

No sexual content; a developing young love handled with period propriety

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

None

No psychological intensity concerns; a comforting classic of American childhood literature

What this book is about

The seventh Little House novel follows Laura's family as she grows into young womanhood in De Smet, Dakota Territory, begins teaching school at sixteen, and falls further in love with Almanzo Wilder. Wilder's American pioneer memoir continues to enchant readers of all ages. The period-accurate hardships are handled with characteristic courage and warmth.

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