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1) Mr. Tucket
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In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon, fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians and then falls in with a one-armed trapper who teaches him how to live in the wild.
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"'In my seventh winter, when my head only reached my Appe’s rib, a White Man came into camp. Bare trees scratched sky. Cold was endless. He moved through trees like strikes of sunlight. My Bia said he came with bad intentions, like a Water Baby’s cry.' Among the most memorialized women in American history, Sacajewea served as interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery. In this visionary novel, acclaimed Indigenous author...
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Based on true events, this compelling survival story by award-winning novelist Jane Kirkpatrick is full of grit and endurance. Beset by storms, bad timing, and desperate decisions, 8 women, 17 children, and one man must outlast winter in the middle of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1844.
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Oregon Trail volume 1
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A family makes the treacherous journey to Chimney Rock along the Oregon Trail, in a book where the reader's choices determine the outcome of the expedition.
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Oregon Trail volume 6
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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?
In this exciting choose-your-own-trail stand-alone story featuring 8-bit art, it's 1850 and you are...
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Oregon Trail volume 4
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"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"--Provided by publisher.
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"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...
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In the voice of an unforgettable heroine, V.A. Shannon explores one of the most harrowing episodes in pioneer history-the ill-fated journey of the Donner Party-in a mesmerizing novel of resilience and survival.
Mrs. Jacob Klein has a husband, children, and a warm and comfortable home in California. No one-not even her family-knows how she came to be out West thirteen years ago. Jacob, a kind and patient man, has promised not to ask. But if she were...
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Oregon Trail volume 2
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A family makes the treacherous journey to Devil's Gate along the Oregon Trail, in a book where the reader's choices determine the outcome of the expedition.
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Oregon Trail volume 3
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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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Oregon Trail volume 5
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"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,...
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"William Deeds is an orphan with nothing to his name except the two hundred dollars he got in exchange for his family's farm, and a horse named Barney. So, he is ecstatic when Mr. George Donner lets him 'tag along' on his expedition to California. All he wants is to 'eat a fresh peach in December and never be cold.' What he gets, of course, is an adventure marked by tragedy. He is a strong boy, though, whose will keeps him going through the toughest...
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"Faith's family is heading west! It's 1850, and it's time to pack their covered wagon to prepare for the journey to California and a new life. Faith's Pa says there's no room on a wagon train for Josefina, a chicken who's too tough to eat and too old to lay eggs. But Faith loves her pet. Can Josefina show Pa that she still has a few surprises left in her?" --publisher's website
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Journals of Corrie Belle Hollister volume 1
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The five Hollister children must find their way to California when their mother dies on the wagon train. (Series: Journals Of Corrie Belle Hollister, 1) --Source other than Library of Congress.
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