Caroline Quiner has not always had an easy life but now that she has graduated from teacher school and is starting to teach school back in her home town, she is faced with living at home but being an adult. Her students also include a few of her siblings which could cause problems during the school day.
But her first day goes well and Caroline loves teaching the Concord school near her home. Her students are mostly girls as the older boys are needed on the farms to help with the planting and tending the crops. But it is a good mix for her first school.
So starts the last book of the Caroline Series about the mother of Laura Ingals Wilder, Caroline Quiner. During the first 6 books, Caroline deals with growing up in town, to moving west and losing her father, optaining a stepfather and growing up. Now, as a teacher, she is working to help her parents and enjoying it.
But life is never as easy as that. When the neighbor boy, Charles Ingals, comes back from out west, their friendship might be turning into something else. What should Caroline do? If she marries, she can no longer teach (yes, that was the reality in the 1800's) and her parents sacrificed a lot to send her to school. A dilemna that everyone faces: what to do when faced with career versus marriage?
As Caroline and Charles struggle to determine what is best for each of them individually and together, life continues on with sibling marriages, teaching, farming and eventually make a decision.
Age range: 9 to 12
Wilkins, C. (2005). A little house of their own . New York: HarperCollins.
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