Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The little settlement of De Smet that weathered the long, hard winter of 1880-81 is now a growing town. Laura is growing up, and she goes to her first evening social. Mary is at last able to go to a college for the blind. Best of all, Laura, now fifteen years old, receives her certificate to teach school. Spring on the prairie brings socials, dances, and "Literaries". There is also work to be done. Laura spends many hours each day sewing shirts to help send Mary to a college for the blind. But, in the evenings, Laura makes time for a new caller. Almanzo Wilder.