Laura is teaching school, and it’s terrifying! Most of thestudents are taller than she is, and she must sleep away from homefor the first time. Laura is miserable, but the money is needed tokeep Mary in a college for the blind. And every Friday—no matterwhat the weather—Almanzo Wilder arrives to take Laura home to herfamily for the weekend. Laura and Almanzo are courting, and eventhough she’s not yet sixteen, she knows that this is a time for newbeginnings. These Happy Golden Years is the eight book in the LauraYears ser
