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By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House, Bk 5)
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Publisher: HarperTrophy
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780064400053 - ISBN-10: 0064400050
Publication Date: 1971
Pages: 304
Reading Level: Ages 9-12


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Audio CD (Unabridged), Hardcover

Book Description:
The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they move from their little house on the banks of Plum Creek to the wilderness of the unsettled Dakota Territory. Here Pa works on the new railroad until he finds a homestead claim that is perfect for their new little house. Laura takes her first train ride as she, her sisters, and their mother come out to live with Pa on the shores of Silver Lake. After a lonely winter in the surveyors' house, Pa puts up the first building in what will soon be a brand-new town on the beautiful shores of Silver Lake. The Ingalls' covered-wagon travels are finally over.

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Lorna B. (mom2shy) wrote on 9/7/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

I read the entire series many times as a kid. I loved these books & so did my daughter. I recommend this series for all kids who need a break from the sci-fi/fantasy/cartoon books that are out there now.

Kate P. wrote on 4/17/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Great book. Different cover though - same ISBN number.

Julie H. (dizzyja) wrote on 7/6/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Ms. Wilder is a must read for every child!

Marjorie H. wrote on 5/13/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

The Ingalls family had fared badly in Plum Creek, Minnesota. They were in debt. Mary was blind now. So Pa went West to work at a railroad camp in Dakota Territory where he could make as much as fifty dollars a month! Then he sent for his wife and four children, and they became the first settlers in the new town of DeSmet. But the railroad brought hordes of land-hungry people from the West. Had Pa waited too long to file his homestead claim?

Lee R. wrote on 11/7/2005...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

from the back...

Meet Laura Ingalls, the little girl who would grow up to write the Little House books.

Pa Inglass heads west to the unsettled wilderness of the Dakota Territory. when Ma, Mary, Laura, Carrie, and baby Grace join him, they become the first settlers in the town of De Smet. And Pa begins work on the first building in what will soon be a brand-new town on the shores of Silver Lake.

Mary G. (mary77) wrote on 7/22/2005...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Laura and her family are moving weat again-this time to Dakota Territory. Pa has just heard about a good job with the railroad, and the Ingalls family will be amoung the first settlers in the new town. Laura really likes their frontier home. . . until the night she and Carrie take a walk-and come face to face with a huge prairie wolf!

Debbie B. (dilitary) wrote on 12/1/2004...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

I always liked Little House on the Praire, so I really enjoyed this book alot.


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Wendi N. (wendelah) wrote on 5/27/2009...


One of my favorites in the series- highly recommend for any girl!

Theresa F. (Theresamomof2) wrote on 1/19/2007...


Great Book

Trey P. wrote on 3/10/2006...


An interesting book about the simple lives of when people lived on the praire.


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