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The Long Winter

Laura Ingalls Wilder

1999252 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1999
first published
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PlayfulWhimsicalWildernessStandard readModern History

After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.

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MoodBittersweet
AtmosphereGrittySnowy

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Written forMiddle grade

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