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My America: Westward To Home: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary, Book One

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By Patricia Hermes
Publisher Scholastic Inc.
My America: Westward To Home: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary, Book One
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In book one of this diary of life on the Oregon Trail, Pat Hermes tells the story of Joshua McCulloughs familys experiences as they pack up their belongings and head west in a wagon train.It is 1848 when Joshua McCullough and his family leave their home in St. Joseph, Missouri, and set off for Oregon on a wagon train. During their sevenmonthlong journey, many of the other families on the trail suffer devastating losses, but Joshuas is spared. However, Joshua must conquer his fear of water during the many river crossings the wagon train must make. During one dramatic crossing, Joshua heroically dives into a rushing river to save his younger sister Becky. The battered wagon train reaches Oregon after traveling over two thousand miles.

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11048 words11,048 words
112 pages112 pages
Lexile 540LLexile 540L
Grade 2 to 3Grade 2 to 3
Published 2001Published 2001

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