On the Banks of Plum Creek
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Historical Fiction
On the Banks of Plum Creek
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
—· 338 p· 1937
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canonhopeful
Overview
About
Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.
Part of a series
Little House
Vol. IV · 1 of 11 volumes
VOL 8
8
VIII
The Little House Books
VOL 9
9
IX
The First Four Years
VOL 9
9
IX
West from Home
10 more volumes
Pages
338
harper & brothers publishers
Linguistic complexity
2/5
Straightforward
Thematic complexity
3/5
Layered
Rating
—
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Reader feel
Frontier Hardship Realism9
Worldbuilding8
Narration8
Family Centered Coming of Age8
Prose7
Emotional depth7
Pacing7
Plot twists4
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