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by Scott Peters (Author), Ellie Crowe (Author)
15-year-old Zeke battles hunger, bears, and blizzards when their pioneer-wagon-train takes a wrong turn on the Oregon Trail.
From multi-award winning Ellie Crowe and Scott Peters comes a riveting, kid-powered survival adventure based on true events!
Zeke, a 15-year-old enthusiastic horseback rider from Illinois, is excited to join more than eighty pioneers heading west on the iconic Oregon Trail. However, things take a dire turn when their wagon train takes a risky shortcut, leaving the settlers stranded in a frigid mountain pass. As howling winter storms rage around the Donner Party, they're unable to move forward or back. Starvation looms and Zeke attempts to walk out of the wilderness on sheer willpower alone. Can he make it to California? Can he ever hope to survive?
This is the 5th children's book in the I Escaped Series about brave boys and girls who face real-world challenges and find ways to escape disaster. Sure to appeal to fans of New York Times Bestseller Lauren Tarshis's I Survived Series and Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales.
The short chapters make for easy wins, and Zeke's gripping situation keeps even reluctant readers turning pages just to find out what's going to happen next.
Based on actual survivor accounts, this inspirational story is exceptionally vivid, swift-paced, and stirring. The Westward Expansion is a tale of Indians and pioneers, mountains, deserts and places where the buffalo roamed, of covered wagons and horses and a new country taking shape.
Great for kids book clubs and classrooms--a study guide is available at scottpetersbooks.com/worksheets
Extras:
- A fact section about the Oregon Trail, Westward Expansion, and much more
- Black and white drawings bring every chapter to life
- A route map
An adrenaline-charged, nonstop action adventure tale of values and courage.
Collect the whole I Escaped Series
"a must for every reading list"
Can Zeke survive disaster? Read it and find out!
