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Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In Omaha, Tom Calvert boards a riverboat to play high-stakes poker, but accusations of cheating cause some serious trouble, and a deadly gun battle ensues. Tom is injured and knows that his enemies will be looking for him, so he reluctantly accepts a bargain from young stowaway Asher. In exchange for Calvert teaching him gunslinging skills, Asher will guide them to a possibly mythical town of peace and plenty called Friendly Field. To get there they...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The Overland Trail, 1853: Naomi May never expected to be widowed at twenty. Eager to leave her grief behind, she sets off with her family for a life out West. On the trail, she forms an instant connection with John Lowry, a half-Pawnee man straddling two worlds and a stranger in both. But life in a wagon train is fraught with hardship, fear, and death. Even as John and Naomi are drawn to each other, the trials of the journey and their disparate pasts...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the bestselling author of Prayers for Sale, an inspiring celebration of sisterhood on the perilous Overland Trail "If you are an adventuresome young woman of high moral character and fine health, are you willing to travel to California in search of a good husband?" It's February, 1852, and all around Chicago, Maggie sees the postings soliciting "eligible women" to travel to the gold mines of Goosetown. A young seamstress with a small daughter...
Author
Series
Oregon Trail volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It's 1850, and you are setting off on the treacherous Oregon Trail. In this first book of four, your goal is to get you and your family to Chimney Rock on time. But many dangers await you on the journey ahead. Wild animals, natural disasters, sickness, and other obstacles stand between you and your destination. Which path will get you safely across the prairie? With more than twenty possible endings, choose wrong and you'll never make it to Chimney...
Author
Series
Homeward on the Oregon Trail volume 1
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Kentucky, 1854. Elizabeth has mourned her husband's death for three years, but now she feels ready to fulfill the dream they had shared: to take their two children west. At Kansas City, they join a substantial wagon train. Elizabeth soon finds herself being drawn to the group's handsome guide, Eli Kincade.
8) Gold rush!
Author
Series
Oregon Trail volume 7
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A pioneer heads west on the Oregon Trail in search of gold, in a book where the reader's choices determine the outcome of the expedition.
Author
Series
Oregon Trail volume 8
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
It's 1845 and your family is fleeing Florida with hopes of starting fresh out west. You'll encounter sudden snowstorms that will overwhelm your wagon train en route to the Oregon Trail. Food will become scarce--and you'll get lost. Can you survive the unseasonably cold climates? If you make the right choices, you could find the Lewis-Clark Trail, which would lead back to the Oregon Trail--though it will take longer than you'd planned. Do you have...
10) Bound for Oregon
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of the journey made by nine-year-old Mary Ellen Todd and her family from their home in Arkansas westward over the Oregon Trail in 1852.
Author
Series
Oregon Trail volume 5
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"It's 1849. You and your family are at the halfway mark on your 2,000-mile journey West. You've set up camp near South Pass, Wyoming. A powerful storm strikes. Your wagon train must ford the river immediately. When crossing the wild water, the current pulls you in and separates you from your family. You wake up on a riverbank--lost and disoriented. You have no other choice by to find your way and survive on your own. Lucky for you, you meet Tatsa,...
Author
Series
Oregon Trail volume 4
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The end of the Oregon Trail is near, young pioneer--the fourth and final leg of your journey starts here. But, do you have the grit to make it to Oregon City? The wild frontier is full of risks and unpredictable surprises! This is the final installment of four books that will take you all the way to Oregon Territory--if you make the right choices"--
Author
Series
Oregon Trail volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"It's 1850, and you are continuing on the treacherous Oregon Trail. In this second book of four, you need to get to Devil's Gate, the halfway mark on your 2,000-mile journey West. Keep watch! Danger awaits you on your way to those eerie cliffs. Which path will you choose in the face of danger? With more than twenty possible endings, choose wrong and you'll never make it to Devil's Gate. Choose right and blaze a trail that gets you closer to Oregon...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Keep your wagon train alive in this trailblazing choose-your-own-trail experience on the Oregon Trail! With more than twenty possible endings, there are wild animals, rapid rivers, bandits, treacherous weather, famine, and even death that stand between you and your dream life out West. Do you have what it takes to make it all the way to Oregon City?"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An account of several families and individuals making the long and often dangerous trek across the United States from Missouri to the West Coast in the 1800s.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Explore the frontier, young pioneer! Inside, find two choose your own trail books in one: The Search for Snake River and The Road to Oregon. In these last two legs of your trek on the Oregon Trail, you're halfway to Oregon City, but do you have the grit to make it there? The wild frontier is full of risks and surprises! Continue your journey West and reach your final destination--if you can make the right decisions!" --
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
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 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,...
Author
Series
Oregon Trail volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A family must survive the dangerous ford of the wild Snake River along the Oregon Trail, in a book where the reader's choices determine the outcome of the expedition.
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