num_pages: 432
description: The eighth book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honor. Fifteen-year-old Laura lives apart from her family for the first time, teaching school in a claim shanty twelve miles from home. She is very homesick, but she knows that her earnings can help pay for her sister Mary's tuition at the college for the blind. Only one thing gets her through the lonely weeks—every weekend, Almanzo Wilder arrives at the school to take Laura home for a visit. Friendship soon turns to love for Laura and Almanzo. The nine Little House books are inspired by Laura's own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America's frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.
language: English
title: These Happy Golden Years
titlecomplete: These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8)
characters: Carrie Ingalls, Charles Ingalls, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Grace Ingalls, Almanzo Wilder, Caroline Quiner Ingalls, Mary Ingalls, Nellie Oleson
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, Classics, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Romance, Middle Grade, Audiobook
ratings_count: 73566
places: South Dakota, De Smet, South Dakota
series: Little House, Unsere kleine Farm
awards: awardedAt: -820515600000
name: Newbery Medal
publisher: HarperFestival