To Stay Alive: Mary Ann Graves and the Tragic Journey of the Donner Party by Skila Brown

To Stay Alive: Mary Ann Graves and the Tragic Journey of the Donner Party

Skila Brown

304 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction historical middle grade poetry young adult emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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Told in riveting, keenly observed poetry, a moving first-person narrative as experienced by a young survivor of the tragic Donner Party of 1846.The journey west by wagon train promises to be long and arduous for nineteen-year-old Mary Ann Graves a...

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adventurous 75%
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emotional 25%
inspiring 25%

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