On Top of Concord Hill

In this particular book, Caroline is 9 years old. About a year or two after moving into their new house near Concord, Caroline and her siblings struggle to survive in their new home, hoping they will fair better then in their first year. One of the changes they have to face now is a new step-father, Mr. Holbrook. Caroline worries that having a new father might replace her real father, who died in a shipping accident 4 years ago. But after talking to her mother and remembering the acts of kindness Mr. Holbrook did, Caroline realizes the kindness of her new step-father, and though he cannot replace her true father, she comes to accept him as her new, "Pa". For a litle while, her life goes smoothly with her family and new father, but then an epidemic of Cholera breaks out in Wisconson. Caroline's family is soon affected, and now she must use all her strength and courage to help her them. This particular book is one of my favorites, and it is also the most difficult to find! I had to wait for awhile before I could find a cheap price. I find the way the prices soar ridiculous and a little greedy. I hope for the sake of Caroline fans it is republished sometime. Overall though, I love this book. I encourage anyone to read this series.

This book is very well written. It describes Caroline's and her siblings time in the new town of Concord. There is also a drastic epidemic that rips through the community of Concord, and several of members of the Quiner family grow quite ill. There are also several of other obstacles and points that challenge this young family.

This book is about Laura Ingall's Ma when she was nine years old. It reads very much like all the little house books about Laura Ingalls but is even easier to read. In ma's family there were three boys and three girls. Ma was the middle girl. All six of the kids like each other and get along well. Ma's name is Caroline. Her father has been lost at sea five years ago and her mother works cooking for workmen. One day Caroline overhears one of the workmen ask her mother to marry him! We learn a lot in this book like how to preserve vegetables for the winter, what kind of food to buy to last all winter, how to make a beehive, and how to behave when you're invited to a fancy house. There are also some songs like in the little house books about Laura. And we get to meet someone who Laura could have been named after. If only our parents and grandparents could write books like this about their lives. This is truly an enjoyable book.

Caroline's mother has a suprise. Caroline is getting a new Pa. Mr. Holbrook. While Caroline likes having a new Pa her brother Henry doesn't quite feel the same way. Then disaster strikes. Cholera. Everyone catches it except for Joseph and Thomas. Then when everyone gets over the cholera. Then a disaster of a different sort happens frost they have to harvest their vegtables before it hits.

This book is wonderful edition to the Caroline books. I really hope this one isn't the last on in the series.