Alice B. reviewed on 8/14/2014 + 3563 more book reviews

Beautiful love story. At 16 years old Laura and 26 year old Almanzo begin to court. Laura takes her first job as a schoolteacher in a drafty shanty 12 miles from home. It is a terrifying job for a girls so young. She boards with a nasty lady and her pupils are taller than she. At the End of the week Almanzo comes to take Laura home for the weekend in his sleigh. Laura has to teach school to help pay for Mary's blind school. Is it love that brings him to take Laura home at the end of each week?

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