What Was the Donner Party? (What Was?)
Learn about the treacherous journey across the Sierra Nevada mountain range that isolated and trapped a group of pioneers heading to California for an entire winter in this latest addition to the New York Times Best-selling "What Was?" series.
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 decisions, and extreme weather that led to the demise of nearly half of the Donner Party in this book for young readers about one of California's first major disasters.
Target age group 8-11
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 decisions, and extreme weather that led to the demise of nearly half of the Donner Party in this book for young readers about one of California's first major disasters.
Target age group 8-11
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CategoryJuvenile Nonfiction
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Age Group9 to 12 yrs
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Grade Level3-5
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LanguageEnglish
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BindingPaperback
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Theme 1Science & Nature
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Theme 2History
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Detailed (BISAC) Subject/ThemeDisasters
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Awards
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AuthorHubbard, Ben & Who Hq
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SeriesWhat Was?
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Lexile Level900
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Dewey978.02
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PublisherPenguin Publisher (USA)
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Publication Date11/7/2023
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Pages112
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Dimensions0.8 H × 7.4 L × 6.6 W
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Case Qty140