My Lists
Featured Lists
The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices from the Donner Party
By WOLF, Allan
- ISBN
- 9780763663247
- Publisher
- Candlewick
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2020 | Young Adult
Gr 9 Up—The plight of the infamous Donner Party is told in the form of short essays, prayers, and poems. "Hunger" is the omniscient narrator providing an overview of the activity, with members of the Reed family as the dominant narrators. The perspective of two Miwok guides leading one of the rescue parties shows the effect of Manifest Destiny on Indigenous populations. Divided into sections that follow the party from Illinois to California, the narrati...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
