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Little Town on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1941

Cover of Little Town on the Prairie
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Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.

FamiliesFrontier and pioneer lifeFamilyJuvenile fictionFamily lifeFictionNewbery HonorChildren's fictionFrontier and pioneer life, fictionSouth dakota, fictionAmerican Personal narrativesKorean War, 1950-1953