The Ingalls girls are growing up. Mary goes off to the special college for the blind, Grace is a rambunctious three year old, Carrie is older, but somehow more frail, and Laura, well, she goes through a lot of changes.
As Mary heads off to college, Laura becomes resigned to the fact that in just a short while, she will have to become a teacher to help keep Mary in college. While she isn't excited about it, she accepts it as a must happen.
Nellie Oleson, the horrid girl from their time on Plum Creek, has made a reappearance in De Smet. She is just as stuck up and superior as she had been before, although now her family is broke and she just comes off as a spoiled brat.
And Almanzo seems to be beginning a courtship with Laura. He walks her home from church during a week of revival meetings, and she seems flattered, albeit confused.
Oh to be courted in that time period. I imagine it must have been very romantic. I'm a sucker for that sort of thing. Which, I'm pretty sure, is what the next book in this series is about: the love.
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