4.5 stars. I loved this tale of the Ingalls family's move from Wisconsin to Kansas. It continued my education about the historical time period as well as all of the amazing homesteading tasks that were undertaken by the family as a regular course of their year. I did not appreciate Caroline Ingalls in this volume as I found her disturbingly racist with regard to the indigenous peoples, but I do understand that the story was supposed to be written true to her character. I enjoyed the fact that Charles had different opinions that balanced out the uncomfortable feeling I got from these wayward comments and I think that helped make it a bit more tolerable. It was a good representation of the different ways that people felt during the westward movement of settlers, so I had to give it a bit of credit there. Overall, the story was fun and enjoyable and full of useful historical information. I look forward to continuing the series.