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By the Shores of Silver Lake

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

See its constellation

Published
1939
Genre
Historical Fiction
Words
57240

Reading measures

Accelerated Reader level
5.3
AR interest level
MG — middle grades, 4–8
Lexile
820L
Suggested reading age
ages 9–14

The Ingalls family leaves Minnesota for Dakota Territory, where Pa works at a railroad camp and the family experiences train travel, a winter in the surveyors’ house, and the beginnings of the town of De Smet.

ISBN

ISBN-13
9780064400053

Tags

Award Winners-ALA Notable/Best BooksAward Winners-Newbery HonorAward Winners-Young Reader's Choice Award/NomineeLife Experiences-Growing UpSeries: Little House on the PrairieUnited States-South Dakota