TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Nikki Shannon
AU  - Trunfio,Alessia
TI  - Sarah journeys west: an Oregon Trail survival story 
T2  - Girls survive
SN  - 9781496587183
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - North Mankato, Minnesota
PB  - Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
KW  - African American families
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Overland journeys to the Pacific
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - West (U.S.)
KW  - Survival
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Gold mines and mining
KW  - Family life
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Oregon National Historic Trail
KW  - California
KW  - Gold discoveries
KW  - History
KW  - 1848-1860
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Ages 8-12; Stone Arch Books
N2  - In 1851 twelve-year-old Sarah is a free Black, happy living with her parents, grandparents, and brother on their own farm in Iowa; but her father has been bitten by the gold bug and wants to take the trail west to California, and after some argument it is decided that the grandparents will stay on the farm, but the rest of the family will go; the journey will be difficult and dangerous, but if they survive extreme weather, difficult terrain, illness, and the racism of others in the group there may be a better life waiting for them at the end of the trail. Includes nonfiction material on the Oregon Trail, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts
ER  -