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Gr 7 Up—An informative and thought-provoking look at the people who settled the United States and the choices they made. Based on real people and events, this is a compassionate perspective of the highly criticized Donner Party. In 1846, Mary Ann Graves and her family left their home in Illinois to settle in California. The 19-year-old narrator shares her father's excitement for the adventure without romanticizing the hardships of trailblazing. Mary Ann cares for tired litt...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In this compelling verse novel, Brown (Caminar, rev. 3/14) imagines the Donner Party's harrowing survival tale as experienced by nineteen-year-old Mary Ann Graves, a real-life member of the expedition. Brown's depiction of Mary Ann is drawn from historical accounts; she comes across as pragmatic, unsentimental, and ready for adventure. When her family begins its journey from Illinois to California in April 1846, Mary Ann is energized by her father's visions of California's "fertility of soil, infinity of spring." Effectively varying meter,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

[add emotions--grief to subjects]In this compelling verse novel, Brown imagines the Donner Party's harrowing survival tale as experienced by ninete...Log In or Sign Up to Read More