By the Shores of Silver Lake
by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Garth Williams • Book 5 of the Little House Books Series
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 1939
Word Count 57,240
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 820L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 212, 9.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Family life--South Dakota--Fiction
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957--Fiction
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Families
- Family life
- South Dakota--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
- Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957--Juvenile fiction
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
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Awards & Distinctions 1

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2023
Honor, 1940
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