Ages 8-12. Indian warning said that winter of 1880-81 would be a hard one in the Dakota Territory so Pa moved his family from the claim into town. Blizzards soon snowed the little town under, cutting off all supplies from the outside. Laura and Mary could not even go to school. When Christmas had passed and there was a desperate need for food, young Almanzo Wilder and another boy make a dangerous trip across the prairie to secure wheat. It was May...