An interesting book. Very long chapters/sections.  It was interesting to read the book and see different elements/pieces of the Ingllas and Wilder family stories woven into this story—especially knowing it was written first. Read this aloud to my 7-year-old and found it to be engaging to her as well (I did some minor editing regarding killing people when jumping a claim and some of the language around killing the cow and a strong language reference here and there—nothing that bothered me as an adult).