Laura and family lives in the forest in a house.She hope and his father be a pioneer.There is no store so many things to do it on your own.They have a dog and hunt with his father.They had a very happy.Then came the flood,locusts,lesions and many other difficulties.Laura has been bullied.But they ultimately all boil down.Then they took the life of cold almost.But the family together got through everything,Laura also when the teacher,married and has a daughter called Rose.The author finally wrote:It didn't matter where we were.If we were together,we were happy.