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By the shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder [Wilder, Laura Ingalls] is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is By the shores of Silver Lake about?

<p><P>Celebrate Little House, available once again with the classic Garth Williams artwork gracing the covers and black&ndash;and&ndash;white interiors.</p><h3>Amie Rose Rotruck - Children's Literature</h3><p>In the fifth "Little House" book, newly reissued, Wilder continues the chronicle based on her own life. After a bout with scarlet fever leaves the Ingalls family in debt and one member blind, they decide to head west where money and land are easier to find. A train ride is only the first of new experiences Laura encounters during the journey west. Rough railroad men, treacherous sloughs, and heavy blizzards make for a dangerous environment, but Laura does "not ever want to go back to Plum Creek," like her mother and sisters. After a winter in the surveyor's house, the family files a claim and begins work on their homestead, along with many other people in the new town of De Smet and the surrounding countryside. Laura "sees" all this verbally for her blind sister Mary and helps her learn how to sew and do household work. When the family finds out that there are colleges for the blind, Laura becomes determined to become a teacher and earn money so that Mary may go to school. Not

Who reads By the shores of Silver Lake?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Laura Ingalls Wilder [Wilder, Laura Ingalls]
Publisher
Harper & Row; HarperCollins
Published
2008
Language
EN
ISBN
9780062484079
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Children'S, Young Adult
Rating
4.16 / 5 (1,315 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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