Teddrow, T.L. PB

NOT a good representation of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Did not finish series.

I'm sure this is realistic, but I just didn't like it as much as I like the other ones

This is a great series for older readers.

It's a little obvious in agenda and some parts feel forces rather than natural but I'm enjoying the walk down memory lane.

In sequel, this novel comes after the first book of Laura ingalls wilder series--- missouri homestead, if in the 1st book women's right to vote is the conflict, in this book LAURA pioneered the Principle Everyone must be given the right to be educated.At the beginning Laura Observes her in Evironment ans sees the children helping their families Farming, she also goes to the school of their village to see the condition of the school and sees its poor condition. Since the setting is earlier years of th 19th century,obviously these are time America is not in good condition as its now. Since people in Missouri is a state that Agriculture as its main resources to its people,and people are not can afford even of their basic needs, the conflict is that Many Farmers are Against of Laura,many farmers believe that learning to read and write are not essential on Farming, The farmers almanac predicts that the farmers must harverst earlier if they want to save their crops---others adheres to Laura but Many contradict....

This series has many discrepancies. This particular book takes place in 1905, but references the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited with the words “under God”, which were not included in 1905. The words “under God” were added in 1954. In fact, the Pledge had several changes since 1892 when it was first recited. The historical integrity is not kept in this series of 8 books. Additionally, I find it hard to believe that in the early 1900’s children were not disciplined for doing wrong the amount of times the Youngun children do, in particular by the middle child, and especially with a preacher as a father. And who in their right mind lets a 7 year old order things from the Sears catalog without supervision, especially after the first time when it was the most disobedient one doing the ordering? This is a recurrent happening in this series.

Author T. L. Tedrow picks up where Laura Ingalls Wilder left off by novelizing her further (hypothetical?) adventures in Missouri with Manly. As a big fan of Wilder's, I eagerly plowed through this book only to be sorely disappointed by Tedrow's pedantic and juvenile writing ability. Although the concept is great, the characters and dialogue aren't at all believable.

Writing: D-
Plot: C
Level: Easy

This is the 2nd book in a fictionalized biography series about Laura Ingalls Wilder. I don't have the 1st. Confusingly it says that the basics about Laura's life are true, but the people and events depicted are fictional. So while she may have indeed single-handedly brought the children in her Missouri town to school, and driven out the KKK, we're left to speculate that these things probably didn't happen all at once, or in any way related. And for historical fiction it was pretty short on detail regarding life as a homesteader in the Midwest. I could have Googled everything to fact-check it I guess, but I ain't got time to make up for poor editorial choices (like not having an appendix). But it was a nice quick read.

Rating: PG

2.5/5
This was definitely better than the first book in the series. I still don't think it was super good and wouldn't actively recommend it to anyone, but it was better. I think the last 50 pages or so were relatively enjoyable but again it feels a bit cheesy. The vibes are still like an after school special but this one you could at least buy into a little bit.

JAR5-Wil

My favorite part was when Laura managed to get the children to go to school along with everyone getting their harvests in before the freeze. My least favorite part was when the Klan was being very mean in trying to get the children to not go to school with the Irish teacher.