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.

Streams to the river, river to the sea : a novel of Sacagawea by O'Dell, Scott 

Paperback(Houghton Mifflin, 2008)

BTSB #: 686104 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-12   
AR: 4.8 MG RC: 6.2 6-8 Lexile: 740

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Sacagawea - Fiction Lewis and Clark Expedition|d(1804-1806) - Fiction Shoshoni Indians - Fiction Native Americans - North America - Fiction Overland journeys to the Pacific - Fiction

Summary: A young Indian woman, accompanied by her infant and cruel husband, experiences joy and heartbreak when she joins the Lewis and Clark Expedition seeking a way to the Pacific.

Walk on Earth a stranger [Gold Seer Trilogy Volume: Book 1]by Carson, Rae 

Paperback(Greenwillow Books, 2016)

BTSB #: 195015 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-17   
AR: 4.8 MG RC: 4.5 9-12 Lexile: 740

Genres: Fantasy Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific - Fiction Gold - Fiction Magic - Fiction Gold mines and mining - Fiction Disguise - Fiction

Summary: Book 1--Lee Westfall, a young woman with the magical ability to sense the presence of gold, must flee her home to avoid people who would abuse her powers, so when her best friend Jefferson heads out across Gold Rush-era America to stake his claim, she disguises herself as a boy and sets out on her own dangerous journey.

Walk on Earth a stranger [Gold Seer Trilogy Volume: Book 1]by Carson, Rae 

BTSB Prebound(Greenwillow Books, 2015)

BTSB #: 195016 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-17   
AR: 4.8 MG RC: 4.5 9-12 Lexile: 740

Genres: Fantasy Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific - Fiction Gold - Fiction Magic - Fiction Gold mines and mining - Fiction Disguise - Fiction

Summary: Book 1--Lee Westfall, a young woman with the magical ability to sense the presence of gold, must flee her home to avoid people who would abuse her powers, so when her best friend Jefferson heads out across Gold Rush-era America to stake his claim, she disguises herself as a boy and sets out on her own dangerous journey.

Walk on Earth a stranger by Carson, Rae 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2015)

BTSB #: P02903 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres: Fantasy Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific - Fiction Gold - Fiction Magic - Fiction Gold mines and mining - Fiction Disguise - Fiction California - Gold discoveries - Fiction

Summary: Lee Westfall, a young woman with the magical ability to sense the presence of gold, must flee her home to avoid people who would abuse her powers, so when her best friend Jefferson heads out across Gold Rush-era America to stake his claim, she disguises herself as a boy and sets out on her own dangerous journey.