A review by tea_rex_love
In the Land of the Big Red Apple by Roger Lea MacBride

5.0

The only thing that disappoints me about these books is Laura, now mother to Rose, has lost a lot of her spirit. I've always thought Ma was stern and solemn, but now I feel Laura is taking on a more bitter form of that role. Now, compared to Laura, Ma seems humorous and happy. I feel Laura is harsher on Rose because she sees so much of the parts she hated about herself in Rose. There was a time when Rose was speaking about the injustice of her new teacher and the pranks the kids were playing on him and Laura got really upset at her. But Almanzo was humored by the stories and reminded Laura of the time when a teacher was harsh on Carrie, Carrie was told to rock the bench back and forth because she had swung her legs. But Carrie was too small and tired to rock the big bench, so Laura sat next to Carrie and rocked that bench into oblivion so hard the school shook. Laura dismissed the story, however, said she was rambunctious and obnoxious back then and that she was ashamed of it.
That upset me so much.
She did end up laughing though, so that kind of makes up for it.
She hasn't lost all of her spirit.