Abstract
Melissa Francis was only eight years old when she won the role of a lifetime: playing Cassandra Cooper Ingalls, the little girl who was adopted with her brother by the Ingalls family on the world's most famous primetime soap opera, Little House on the Prairie. Part memoir, part uplifting motivational book, Francis shares behind-the-scenes stories from the set, and lessons learned from the show's dynamic creator, Michael Landon, that have echoed throughout her adult life.