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These happy golden years (Revised edition.)

Part of the Little house series
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The eighth book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honor—now available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williams's classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.

Fifteen-year-old Laura lives apart from her family for the first time, teaching school in a claim shanty twelve miles from home. She is very homesick, but she knows that her earnings can help pay for her sister Mary's tuition at the college for the blind. Only one thing gets her through the lonely weeks—every weekend, Almanzo Wilder arrives at the school to take Laura home for a visit. Friendship soon turns to love for Laura and Almanzo.

The nine Little House books are inspired by Laura's own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America's frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable...

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Product Details
Egmont
0062484109 / 9780062484109
eBook (EPUB)
813.52
08/03/2016
England
English
304 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
Quiz No: 236184, Points 10.00, Book Level 5.60,
Middle Years - Key Stage 2 Learn More
Reprint. Description based on print version record. Originally published: New York: Harper, 1943.