Laura's family's first home in Minnesota is made of sod, butPa builds a clean new house made of sawed lumber beside Plum Creek.The money for materials will come from their first wheat crop.Then, just before the wheat is ready to harvest, a strangeglittering cloud fills the sky, blocking out the sun. Soon millionsof grasshoppers cover the field and everything on the farm. In aweek's time, there is no wheat crop left at all. On the Banks ofPlum Creek is the fourth book in the Laura Years series.
Laura and Almanzo Wilder have just been married! Their life ona small prairie homestead begins with high hopes. But each yearseems to bring unexpected disasters—storms, sickness, fire, andunpaid debts. These first four years call for courage, strength,and a great deal of determination. Always, though, there is love,especially for the newest member of the family—baby Rose. THE FIRSTFOUR YEARS is the ninth and final book in the Laura Years serie
