num_pages: 291
description: The Ingalls family leaves Plum Creek. Pa heads west to the unsettled wilderness of the Dakota Territory. When Ma, Laura, Mary, Carrie, and Grace join him, they become the first settlers in the town of DeSmet. And Pa begins work on the first building in what will soon be a brand-new town on the shores of Silver Lake.
language: English
title: By the Shores of Silver Lake
titlecomplete: By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House, #5)
characters: Charles Ingalls, Mary Ingalls, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Carrie Ingalls, Grace Ingalls, Caroline Quiner Ingalls
genres: Middle Grade, Audiobook, Historical Fiction, Historical, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Classics, Family, Fiction
ratings_count: 76600
places: De Smet, South Dakota, South Dakota
series: Little House, Unsere kleine Farm
awards: awardedAt: -946742400000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: -883584000000
name: Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award, awardedAt: -978278400000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
publisher: Scholastic Inc.