Death Valley : California, 1849 [Survivors (Aladdin)]by Duey, Kathleen 

BTSB Prebound(Aladdin, 2015)

BTSB #: 293461 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 720 F&P: S

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) - Fiction

Summary: A brother and sister struggle to survive the rigors of Death Valley after their wagon breaks an axle and they set out alone to find help for their stranded family and injured father.

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.

To stay alive : Mary Ann Graves and the tragic journey of the Donner party by Brown, Skila 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2016)

BTSB #: 158193 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.1 MG+ Lexile: 860

Genres: Historical Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Donner Party - Fiction Overland journeys to the Pacific - Fiction

Summary: Told in riveting poetry by a young survivor of the tragic Donner Party of 1846.

To stay alive : Mary Ann Graves and the tragic journey of the Donner Party by Brown, Skila 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2016)

BTSB #: P03542 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   


Genres: Historical Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Graves, Mary Ann,|d1826-1891 - Fiction Donner Party - Fiction Overland journeys to the Pacific - Fiction Novels in verse

Summary: Told in riveting poetry by a young survivor of the tragic Donner Party of 1846.

Walk on Earth a stranger [Gold seer trilogy Volume: bk. 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.