The Road from Roxbury
by Melissa Wiley 
Little House: The Charlotte Years (3), Little House Novels, Chronological Order (The Charlotte Years — book 7)
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Seven-year-old Charlotte Tucker begins to sense the big world around Roxbury, Massachusetts, and wonder when she will get to see it.Tags
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This fiction based loosely on some information about Laura Ingalls Wilder's grandmother's childhood has the usual didactic references to trying to be one's best self, the incident of danger to a younger sib, yearning to find out more about the world around her (gas lighting in Boston! The visit of president Madison!) and a conflict with a teacher. A pleasant enough read.
None of the other "Little House Years" books are as good as the ones about Laura but other then the Laura books I prefer the Martha books but the Charlotte books are a close third for me. I am from the Boston area so I enjoy reading about this region of the world plus the descriptions are excellent.
Will and his wife have moved into a new wing added to the family house, and Charlotte’s life is full of things to do, like caring for their new baby, and figuring out why the new school teacher acts so strangely. She figures out that he doesn’t want to be in his job, and gets a chance at a new experience- leaving town! They visit a cattle show several hours away.
One of my favorite childhood books
love this series!!!!!
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- Canonical title
- The Road from Roxbury
- People/Characters
- Charlotte Tucker Quiner; Will Payson; Martha Morse Tucker; Lewis Tucker; Lewis Tucker jr.; Lydia Tucker (show all 12); Thomas Tucker; Mary Tucker; Lucy Keator Payson; Rhoda Jane Till (Auntie Rho); Master Jenkins; Elizabeth (Ellie) Till (Ellie)
- Important places
- Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA; Massachusetts, USA; Brighton, Massachusetts, USA
- Dedication
- For my sweet Eileen Mary
- First words
- Outside the house on Tide Mill Lane, the snowy fields were turning blue in the dusk, and the bare-armed trees were black.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Staring into the dark, she could see the roads stretching out before her, red as rubies; and then she was asleep.
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- Languages
- English
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- ISBNs
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