Laura Ingalls Is Ruining My Life

A life on the prairie is not all its cracked up to be for one girl whose mom takes her love of the Little House series just a bit too far. Charlottes mom has just moved the family across the country to live in Walnut Grove, "childhood home of pioneer author Laura Ingalls Wilder." Moms idea is that the spirit of Laura Ingalls will help her write a bestselling book. But Charlotte knows better Walnut Grove is just another town where Mom can avoid responsibility.

And this place is worse than everywhere else the family has livedits freezing in the winter, its small with nothing to do, and the people talk about Laura Ingalls all the time. Charlottes convinced her family will not be able to make a life on the prairieuntil the spirit of Laura Ingalls starts getting to her, too.

Tougas is an award-winning writer of nonfiction for children, including Little Rock Girl 1957, and the author of the novels The Graham Cracker Plot, Finders Keepers, and A Patron Saint for Junior Bridesmaids. She lives in Hudson, Wisconsin.