TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wolf,Allan
TI  - The snow fell three graves deep: voices from the Donner party 
SN  - 9780763663247
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Somerville, Massachusetts
PB  - Candlewick Press
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Donner Party
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Overland journeys to the Pacific
KW  - Survival
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
KW  - California
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Biographical fiction
KW  - Novels in verse
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - This book recounts one of history's most harrowing - and chilling - tales of survival. In 1846, a group of emigrants bound for California face a choice: continue on their planned route or take a shortcut into the wilderness. Eighty-nine of them opt for the untested trail, a decision that plunges them into danger and desperation and, finally, the unthinkable. This is a retelling of the ill-fated journey of the Donner party across the Sierra Nevadas during the winter of 1846-1847. Narrated by multiple voices, including world-weary, taunting, and all-knowing Hunger itself, this novel-in-verse examines a notorious chapter in history from various perspectives, among them caravan leaders George Donner and James Reed, Donner's scholarly wife, two Miwok Indian guides, the Reed children, a sixteen-year-old orphan, and even a pair of oxen. Comprehensive back matter includes an author's note, select character biographies, statistics, a time line of events, and more. This haunting tale raises questions about moral ambiguity, hope and resilience, and hunger of all kinds.--adapted from description on Amazon.com
ER  -