By the Shores of Silver Lake: A Newbery Honor Award WinnerPaperback, 8 April 2008

Meet Laura Ingalls...the little girl who would grow up to write the Little House books. Pa heads west to the unsettled wilderness of the Dakota Territory. When Ma, Mary, Laura, Carrie, and Grace join him, they become the first settlers in the town of De Smet. And Pa begins work on the first building in what will soon be a brand-new town on the shores of Silver Lake.