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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
"In the winter of 1846-47, a group of eighty-seven pioneers heading from the Midwest to California found themselves snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range with no way forward and no food or supplies. While forty-eight of the group members survived, the others perished due to extreme weather, starvation, and illness. To survive, the remaining people resorted to extreme measures...including cannibalism. Learn about the many miscalculations, bad...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
GN 330L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Experience the hit New York Times bestselling graphic novelânow as a deluxe oversized edition featuring 16 brand-new pages of bonus material!
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In the spring of 1846, a group of families left Illinois and began the long journey to California. To save time, they took an ill-advised shortcutâwith disastrous consequences.
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Bad weather, bad choices, and just plain bad luck forced the pioneers to spend...
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In the spring of 1846, a group of families left Illinois and began the long journey to California. To save time, they took an ill-advised shortcutâwith disastrous consequences.
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Bad weather, bad choices, and just plain bad luck forced the pioneers to spend...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1846, the eighty-seven members of the Donner Party left Illinois to begin a new life in California. Many pioneers made this journey, but the Donner Party faced delays and terrible misfortune. Trapped with few supplies in the snowy Sierra Nevada for the winter, what would the travelers do to survive? To understand the impact of a disaster, you must understand its causes. How did taking an untested shortcut affect the Donner Party's progress? How...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 580L
Language
English
Description
"In the spring of 1846, the Donner and Reed families joined a wagon train bound for California in hopes of a better life. But when the party took an untested shortcut, it set them down a tragic path. As they crossed the Sierra Nevada, heavy snow fell in the mountain pass. They were trapped. Supplies were already low, and now they faced a winter of starvation. Told through the gripping, full-color graphic novel format, this Deadly Expeditions tale...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Examines the expedition of the Donner Party by discussing how they came to be stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the immediate and lasting effects their journey had on the nation as well as the people and places involved"--
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
Uses materials from letters and diaries written by survivors of the Donner Party to relate the experiences of that ill-fated group as they endured horrific circumstances on their way to California in 1846-47.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Life in the American West was difficult. Pioneers and explorers had to deal with rough terrain, extreme weather, deadly animal attacks, and many other challenges. Discover the terrifying true stories of Hugh Glass, Janette Riker, the Donner Party, and others who survived in the rugged American West." -- Page [4] cover.
10) The Donner Party
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
Recounts the journey of the Donner Party which, in 1846, sought to travel from Missouri to California but took an untried shortcut that trapped them in the Sierra Nevada mountains during a terrible winter.
11) The Donner Party
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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