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On Top of Concord Hill (Little House: The Caroline Years)

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In this particular book, Caroline is 9 years old. About a year or two after moving into their new house near Concord, Caroline and her siblings struggle to survive in their new home, hoping they will fair better then in their first year. One of the changes they have to face now is a new step-father, Mr. Holbrook. Now, the two things I have to complain about this book are 1: when the whole family gets sick with the disease Cholera in the middle part, the author either didn't give Cholera 2 seconds research or she didn't explain that the family thought it was Cholera when we can see its not. The symptoms of Cholera are not at all what she described, it doesn't produce fever at all, it dehydrates you, and it kills quickly in severe cases. Their sickness seemed to linger for days, that's not accurate, they'd be dead if it was Cholera. That disease sounded more like the Flu. If the family did think it was Cholera when it wasn't, the author should've explained what the disease really was. I was dissappointed by that, and she could've done better then that, even for a kids' book. Complaint 2: I think it was silly for Caroline's new stepfather to talk like a slightly uneducated southerner. People in Wisconson don't talk like that, and he is supposedly from the North, lived in the North most of his life, and lived around people who from the North also. I just didn't find his accent accurate, and she did the same thing with other characters in other books of this series.
Overall though, I did love this book! I encourage anyone to read this series. Just remember that disease is not Cholera, and you won't get confused.

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I want to buy and read this book so badly -- my kids would love it and I know I would too, because we love all the other Caroline years. However, this book is too expensive! Why on earth should this book cost over a hundred dollars?

This book is very well written. It describes Caroline's and her siblings time in the new town of Concord. There is also a drastic epidemic that rips through the community of Concord, and several of members of the Quiner family grow quite ill. There are also several of other obstacles and points that challenge this young family.

This book is about Laura Ingall's Ma when she was nine years old. It reads very much like all the little house books about Laura Ingalls but is even easier to read. In ma's family there were three boys and three girls. Ma was the middle girl. All six of the kids like each other and get along well. Ma's name is Caroline. Her father has been lost at sea five years ago and her mother works cooking for workmen. One day Caroline overhears one of the workmen ask her mother to marry him! We learn a lot in this book like how to preserve vegetables for the winter, what kind of food to buy to last all winter, how to make a beehive, and how to behave when you're invited to a fancy house. There are also some songs like in the little house books about Laura. And we get to meet someone who Laura could have been named after. If only our parents and grandparents could write books like this about their lives. This is truly an enjoyable book.

Caroline's mother has a suprise. Caroline is getting a new Pa. Mr. Holbrook. While Caroline likes having a new Pa her brother Henry doesn't quite feel the same way. Then disaster strikes. Cholera. Everyone catches it except for Joseph and Thomas. Then when everyone gets over the cholera. Then a disaster of a different sort happens frost they have to harvest their vegtables before it hits.

we guess this is a rare book, since it's selling for over 2,000 dollars. we got it for five dollars, and am now are thinking we should have got five copies if it's selling for so much. But the book itself was great. It's our favorite in the caroline years.
Nataley and Susanna

This book is wonderful edition to the Caroline books. I really hope this one isn't the last on in the series.