I Escaped The Donner Party: Pioneers on the Oregon Trail 1846

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 theyre 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 childrens 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 Tarshiss I Survived Series and Nathan Hales Hazardous Tales.The short chapters make for easy wins and Zekes gripping situation keeps even reluctant readers turning pages just to find out whats 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/worksheetsExtras: A fact section about the Oregon Trail Westward Expansion and much moreBlack and white drawings bring every chapter to lifeA route mapAn adrenaline-charged nonstop action adventure tale of values and courage.Collect the whole I Escaped Seriesa must for every reading listCan Zeke survive disaster? Read it and find out!