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By the Shores of Silver Lake
Children's fiction
By the Shores of Silver Lake
Book 5 of the Little House series
385 pages · First published 1939
The Ingalls family leaves Plum Creek and travels west to Dakota Territory, where Pa has taken work with the railroad. The move brings both grief and excitement as Laura adjusts to a more open landscape, new responsibilities, and the rapidly changing world created by tracks, camps, and incoming settlers. Mary’s blindness alters family roles, making Laura increasingly responsible for describing the world her sister can no longer see. The fifth Little House novel marks a transition toward Laura’s adolescence and the family’s eventual settlement near De Smet.
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