Newlyweds Molly and David are only sixteen and eighteen years old when they pack up their wagon and head west across the plains in search of a new homestead.

At first their new life is full of promise: The wheat is high, the dugout is warm and cozy, and a new baby is born to share in their happiness.

David is forced to go back east because of the grasshoppers plague, leaving his young wife and infant son alone to endure a brutal winter on their isolated farm.

Let the Hurricane Roar was first published in 1932 as a serial in The Saturday Evening Post while Laura Ingalls Wilder was writing Farmer Boy, the second-published book in the Little House series.

Its medium length and straightforward style was also well-suited for the young adult market and the book became a mainstay in high school and public library collections.