Sarah journeys west : an Oregon Trail survival story / by Nikki Shannon Smith ; illustrated by Alessia Trunfio.
Material type: TextSeries: Girls survivePublisher: North Mankato, Minnesota : Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint, [2020]Description: 105 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781496587183
- 1496587189
- 9781496592187
- 1496592182
- African American families -- Juvenile fiction
- Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Juvenile fiction
- Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Survival -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Gold mines and mining -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction
- Oregon National Historic Trail -- Juvenile fiction
- California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile fiction
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860 -- Juvenile fiction
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | GIRLS SU SMITH | Available | 33111010430433 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In the midst of the California Gold Rush, twelve-year-old Sarah and her family are living in the North as free Black people. Seeking a better life, Sarah's parents decide they will venture west on the Oregon Trail. On the trail, Sarah and her family face all kinds of hardship, including racism, extreme weather, difficult terrain, and disease. But the journey will be worth it if they can find fortune in California. Will Sarah and her family endure the trail and make a new life out west? Nonfiction material on the Oregon Trail, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts are also provided.
Ages 8-12. Stone Arch Books.
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.