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. 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.

Have the complete series sitting on my shelf but haven't read these since my teen years--started to lose track of all the authors doing series not just on Laura's daughter but also on her mother, grandmother, maybe even further back? Quite a franchise! ( )

Laura tells of pioneer life as a little girl in the late 1800's.

Definitely a rip-off. But a more acceptable one than the watered down intermediate and beginners version that they have now reduced them to. ( )

The beginning of Rose's life from South Dakota to Missouri. (Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter.)