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| Title | : | Little Town in the Ozarks (Little House: The Rose Years #5) |
| Author | : | Roger Lea MacBride |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 1996 by HarperCollins |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Childrens. Fiction. Young Adult. Classics. Juvenile |
Roger Lea MacBride
Paperback | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 4.09 | 7850 Users | 47 Reviews
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The fifth book in the Rose Years series, the story of the spirited daughter of the author of the beloved Little House series.Little Town In The Ozarks continues the story of Rose, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s daughter, as hard times on the farm force Rose and her family to move to the town of Mansfield. Life in town is so different from living on Rocky Ridge Farm that Rose wonders if she will ever learn to like the hustle and bustle of town life.
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| Original Title: | Little Town in the Ozarks (Little House) |
| ISBN: | 006440580X (ISBN13: 9780064405805) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Little House: The Rose Years #5 |
| Characters: | Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, Almanzo Wilder |
| Setting: | Mansfield, Missouri(United States) Ozark Mountains(United States) Missouri(United States) |
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Ratings: 4.09 From 7850 Users | 47 ReviewsCriticize Based On Books Little Town in the Ozarks (Little House: The Rose Years #5)
This is the first of the last four Rose books not fully written by MacBride but by his daughter after his death.This covers 1898-1899, while the Wilders live in town. Rose turns 12 and I have to constantly remind myself that she is that young. Her behavior changes a lot (yay puberty) and she realizes she's in love with Paul - making her seem his age and not hers.She begins by not liking the noise in town and wanting to be like Blanche. She basically wants to shun people like her because she's aStill mainly reading them for the sake of Almanzo and Laura. Difficult to like Rose and the author after reading about them in Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser.
Book 5 in Roger Lea MacBride's "The Rose Years" starts off with a disclaimer that the author passed away in 1995 & that the series will continue off of 4 manuscripts that were given to him by Rose before her death. While incomplete the publishers at Harper Collins had enough story to finish this series in a total of 8 books. For "Little Town in the Ozarks" we find the Wilder family adjusting to life in town after having to move out of the farm on Rocky Ridge due to a series of disasters in
I liked this book overall, as you weren't always sure what was going to happen after the family moved to town and personal relationships, rather than the man-vs-nature theme, took center stage. Rose, on the whole, becomes a bit less likeable as the series goes on, and that really begins here for me.
I am a huge fan of the Laura Ingalls stories!!! The tried and true Laura stories are by far my favorites, but when I came across stories of her great-grandmother all the way down to her daughter, I was thrilled. Though I have to admit, the "Rose Years" are my least favorite.
I was glad to see that Rose adjusted to living in town by the end of this book. I was sorry to see, though, that she seemed to change and didn't enjoy the country as much, nor the simple things. I guess she didn't miss the farmwork that went along with it.
The kids and I really loved this book. It felt true to life yet still carried the magic of the Laura Ingalls-Wilder Little House series. There was a lot of new material that deftly covered the national changes from the late 1800's into the early 1900's. Characters with real personalities, clear settings, well developed plot lines, overall, an excellent read. I would recommend this book to young and old alike.
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