Across the Rolling River (Little House Prequel)

Across the Rolling River (Little House Prequel) by Wilkins, Celia. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9780064407342.

The Little House books have captivated millions of readers with their story of Laura Ingalls, a little pioneer girl growing up on the American frontier. Now travel back to the generation before Lauras and read the story of Caroline Quiner, the little girl who would grow up to be Ma Ingalls in the beloved Little House books. The little town of Concord, Wisconsin, is bustling with new settlers from the East. Caroline is now eleven years old, and she cant wait to go to the towns new school. Her days are full with classes, chores, and harvesttime. Wisconsin has its very first state fair, and Caroline becomes friends with a fiddle-playing boy from accross the river, a boy named Charles Ingalls. Across The Rolling River is the fifth book in the Caroline Years, an ongoing series about the adventures of another girl from Americas favorite pioneer family.