

Fans of the Little House books will find many of the small satisfactions of Laura’s stories-the mouthwatering descriptions of victuals, the attention to smart building construction, the glorious details of pleats and poplins-here in abundance. It’s 1880, and they endure challenges similar to those faced by the Ingallses and so many others: dreary travel through unfamiliar lands, the struggle to protect food stores from nature, and the risky uncertainty of establishing a livelihood in a new place.

A “half-Chinese and half-white” girl finds her place in a Little House–inspired fictional settler town.Īfter the death of her Chinese mother, Hanna, an aspiring dressmaker, and her White father seek a fresh start in Dakota Territory.
