Little House on Rocky Ridge by Roger Lea MacBride

Little House on Rocky Ridge

Roger Lea MacBride

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · July 30, 1993

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Who it’s for
A family’s covered-wagon journey offers a fresh doorway into the Little House world.
Themes
Family relocation, Covered-wagon journey, New beginnings
Genres
19th-Century U.S., Girls & Young Women, Farm & Ranch Life

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About this book

The first book in the Rose Years series, the story of the spirited daughter of the author of the beloved Little House series. Meet Rose Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter, and the last of the Little House girls. Rose and her parents, Laura and Almanzo, say good-bye to Ma and Pa Ingalls and Laura's sisters. In a covered wagon containing all their possessions, they make their way across the drought-stricken Midwest to the lush green valleys of southern Missouri.

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The journey is long and not always easy, but at the end is the promise of a new home and a new life for the Wilders.

A Wilder Journey

A family’s covered-wagon journey offers a fresh doorway into the Little House world.

Come here for

  • The next generation of the Little House story
  • A long journey toward a new home

Expect

  • Rose Wilder alongside her parents, Laura and Almanzo
  • A journey across drought-stricken country toward Missouri’s green valleys

Where it sits

19th-Century U.S.70%
Farm & Ranch Life28%
Girls & Young Women22%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Survival Stories
  • US Biographies
  • Family Stories
  • Girls & Young Women
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  • 19th-Century U.S.
  • Country Life
  • Farm & Ranch Life
  • U.S. Stories
Authors
Roger Lea MacBride
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
July 30, 1993
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Family relocation · Covered-wagon journey · New beginnings
Reading lane
Survival Stories