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1) Oregon Trail
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"Would you have survived traveling the Oregon Trail? Make decisions and tally your score to find out. Written at a lower reading level with considerate text, these high maturity books are sure to grab struggling readers as they engage and play along. Also includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, sidebars, educational matter, and activities"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Large print ed.
Language
English
Description
Bestselling author Melody Carlson (more than 5 million books sold) continues her Homeward on the Oregon Trail series with this second romantic adventure. Elizabeth Martin and her two children have made it through the easy part of their journey, but now their wagon train faces high mountain passes, dangerous river crossings, and decreasing supplies. Desperate circumstances bring out the best and worst of the travelers, including Will Bramford, the...
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English
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Continue west, young pioneer-the second leg of your journey starts here-and it won't be any easier. Natural disasters, disease, and dishonest people are challenges you'll face in the wild frontier. Now, trek on the Oregon Trail to Devil's Gate! This is the second installment of four books that will take you all the way to Oregon Territory-if you make the right choices. In book two of this exciting choose-your-own-adventure series, it's 1850...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Thousands of American settlers endured the long trip of more than 2,000 miles between Missouri and Oregon in the mid-1800s. They were determined to make a better life for themselves. They faced many hardships and made tough choices. Now the choices are yours. Would you rather run out of food supplies or spare wagon parts? Would you ford the river and get across faster but risk your wagon overturning? Or would you take apart your wagon and float it...
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Series
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Westward ho! If you travel across certain parts of the United States, you can still see wagon wheel ruts where people crossed the west in search of more opportunity and better lives more than 200 years ago! The Oregon Trail: The Journey Across the Country from Lewis and Clark to the Transcontinental Railroad offers readers ages 9 to 12 a fascinating look at the explorers and settlers who traveled this route during the westward expansion of the United...
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Series
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Reveals what really happened when Narcissa Whitman and her husband, Marcus, embarked on a perilous quest through the untamed Oregon Trail to spread the word of the Bible to the Indians.
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Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Help your child power up their reading skills and learn all about Olivia's incredible journey west, with this fun-filled nonfiction reader carefully leveled to help children progress. DK Super Readers Level 2: Journey of a Pioneer will introduce kids to the adventures of a young girl as her family travels along the famous Oregon Trail-and is a motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills, proving ideal for children ready to...
10) Let God
Publisher
Elevation Pictures, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
As rumors of gold in California spread across the United States in 1848, Levi decides it is time to head west with Amelia, his young housewife, to stake their claim and build a better life. Against her better judgment, Amelia honors her husband's demands, leaving her home and family. Secretly, they join the last wagon caravan of the season dangerously late, leaving behind a string of bad debts. On the trail, they encounter unimaginable danger that...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes.
12) The Oregon Trail
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2000], c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introductory history of the Oregon Trail and its significance in opening the West to settlers, including information on the people who opened the Trail, their reasons for going West, modes of transportation, and a description of a typical day on the Trail.
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Series
Wagon Train Matches volume 1
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English
Description
"Spending five months eating trail dust wasn't Leo Spencer's first choice. Or his second. He's not one to run away, but some situations can't be fixed and his family -- two brothers and a sister -- needs to start over. Which is how he finds himself on a westbound wagon train. Evangeline has a secret, one that has sent her on a journey across the plains on the Oregon Trail. When her father is badly hurt and she needs help, Leo is there. A deal is struck...
14) Koda
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Traveling with his owners from Missouri to Oregon in 1848, Koda, an energetic two-year-old quarter horse, finds the long journey increasingly tedious and tiring until his young owner goes missing on the trail and he must use all his skills to find her.
15) A trail untamed
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Series
Wagon train matches volume Book 3
Language
English
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Description
"August is a loner and prefers it that way. He only took the marriage wager to gain breathing room from his overbearing older brother. Besides, the wagon train still has a long journey before it reaches Oregon. Maybe he'll meet someone who turns his head. Felicity longs for love and family, someone to choose her above all. After a wagon train accident robs her of her voice and leaves her dependent on the kindness of strangers, she finds herself in...
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English
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"The events surrounding the Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion did not look the same to everyone involved. Step back in time and into the shoes of a pioneer, a Native American in a territory crossed by the trail, and a U.S. soldier at a government outpost as readers act out the scenes that took place in the midst of this historic event. Written with simplified, considerate text to help struggling readers, books in this series are made to build confidence...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
Ranger, a golden retriever, could have been a great search-and-rescue-dog except for the squirrels--but one day he unearths a mysterious box and finds himself transported back to the year 1850 where his faithful service is really needed by a family traveling west along the Oregon Trail.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"In 1845, Sammy, a Chinese American girl, and Annamae, an African American slave girl, disguise themselves as boys and travel on the Oregon Trail to California from Missouri"--publisher.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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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,...
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