Sarah journeys west : an Oregon Trail survival story [Girls Survive]by Smith, Nikki Shannon 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2020)

BTSB #: 827206 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.9 MG Lexile: 610 F&P: S

Genres: Historical Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: African Americans - Fiction Overland journeys to the Pacific - Fiction Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Family life - West (U.S.) - Fiction Oregon National Historic Trail - Fiction California - Gold discoveries - Fiction West (U.S.) - History|y1848-1860 - Fiction

Summary: 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, and the racism of others in the group there may be a better life waiting for them at the end of the trail.