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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2014 | Grades 5 and Up
Gr 3–6—Fifteen members of a wagon train share their thoughts and experiences on an 1848 journey from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City. Preparations and anticipation, hopes and misgivings precede the reality of trail life. The wagon master's 13-year-old son, Carl, offers the first and last free-verse commentaries. Other young people and adults relate sorrows and joys along the way: a toddler's death, abandoned possessions to lighten the load, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
One-page free-verse monologues describe perilous conditions, experiences (a wedding, a birth, several deaths), and a persevering determination to ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
