I really enjoyed my re-read of this book. I've read it many times in the past. I did find the first part quite disheartening reading of how hard it was for some of these women who didn't want to be in the west. There is something to be said for making the best of a bad situation but I can see the point of view of Mrs. Brewster as well. The monotony of day after day in a cold dreary home seeing no one but your husband and son. What a miserable place Mrs. Brewster made it for Laura.

I did find that this book moved so quickly. I would have liked to have read more about the other schools that Laura taught. The last school we don't even know how many pupils she had. It felt like so much was skipped over compared to the other books.
A really good book though. ( )

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 keeps at it so that she can help pay for her sister Mary's tuition at the college for the blind. During school vacations Laura has fun with her singing lessons, going on sleigh rides, and best of all, helping Almanzo Wilder drive his new buggy. Friendship soon turns to love for Laura and Almanzo in the romantic conclusion of this Little House book.

Family Saga

Gets a bit boring in the middle. ( )

Laura is teaching school, and it's terrifying! Most of the students are taller than she is, and she must sleep away from home for the first time. Laura is miserable, but the money is needed to keep Mary in a college for the blind.

And every Friday--no matter what the weather--Almanzo Wilder arrives to take Laura home to her family for the weekend. Laura and Almanzo are courting, and even though she's not yet sixteen, she knows that this is a time for new beginnings.