Wanted: A plucky white female, ages 9-11, who questions authority and is honest to a fault.
If qualified, you could be the next Laura Ingalls for Netflix.
By far the most interesting search will be the quest to find Laura.
Melissa Sue Anderson as Mary Ingalls, Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls, Karen Grassle as Caroline Ingalls, Michael Landon as Charles IngallsNBCU Photo Bank
Heres the character description from Breakdown:
Everyone sees themselves in Laura.
Thats why these books endure.
Laura is a disruptor.
Honest to a fault.
Shes our window into this adventure.
An American icon in waiting.
Forget your modern ideas of childhood the stakes are high for children living in the 19th century.
They have responsibilities and freedoms that seem extraordinary in this era of helicopter parenting.
Mixed in with small pleasures and petty disputes with her older sister are true feats of survival and bravery.
She is observant, tender, strong- willed, hot-tempered.
She is quick to call out anyone who is cruel or unjust.
She loves fiercely and unapologetically and is utterly devoted to her dog, Jack.
Hes a man whod fit in seamlessly into the 21st century.
Ruggedly handsome, charming, outgoing.
A farmer and a trapper.
A carpenter and an artist.
A poet, a musician, a skilled storyteller.
The original Girl Dad.
He is an optimist, always glass half-full.
But he is also a wanderer.
A man forever in search of greener pastures.
CAROLINE INGALLS Caroline Ingalls did not marry her husband out of convenience they fell truly madly deeply in love.
It was a great romance and it still is.
Shes quiet and patient and practical but with a core of steel.
Her marriage is one of equals something rare in the 19th century.
And though her trust in her husband is tested, the strength of their love endures.
MARY INGALLS Mary Ingalls is Lauras older sister and polar opposite.
Always angling to be the good daughter, the obedient one, the ladylike one, the prettier one.
Other parents love Mary.
She loves pretty ribbons and reading poetry and long afternoons of sewing.
In other words, Laura and Mary are oil and water.
Best friends and mortal enemies.
They love each other deeply and argue intensely.
And I think theres plenty of room for that.
And I think theres a lot of other stories to mine beyond that.
