Little Town in the Ozarks
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 1996

Little Town in the Ozarks

By Roger Lea MacBride, David Gilleece (Illustrator)

Book #5 in the The Rose Years series

Can Rose adapt to bustling town life after leaving her quiet farm behind?

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Rose Wilder faces a new world as her family moves from Rocky Ridge Farm to the bustling town of Mansfield. Trains roar, streets teem with people, and everything feels unfamiliar. Can Rose find her place in this lively town, or will she long for the simplicity of farm life? As she navigates this transition, Rose must discover if she can embrace change and thrive in a world so different from the one she knew. Will the challenges of town life bring unexpected adventures, or will they prove too daunting for the last of the Little House girls?

From the publisher

Meet Rose Wilder…the last of the Little House girls. Hard times at Rocky Ridge Farm force Rose and her family to move into the little town of Mansfield, and Rose wonders how she will ever survive. In town everything seems so different. Noisy trains race by at all hours, the streets are crowded with people, and the town folk seem so much fancier. Will Rose and her family learn to enjoy town life, far away from Rocky Ridge Farm?

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Format
Paperback
Pages
336
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
870L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
5.3
F&P level
~U
AR points
9
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
18730
Publication
Published
August 30, 1996
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780064405805

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