Survival in the Snow
From the Series On My Own History
Seventeen-year-old Moses was ready for an adventure. In 1844, he joined a wagon train traveling from Iowa to California. But as winter approached, the wagon train ran into trouble. Oxen started dying and supplies were running low. Some people went ahead for help. Moses stayed behind with the belongings. Can he find a way to survive on his own in the mountains during the long, cold winter?
| Format | Your Price | Add |
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978-0-7613-5188-7
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$28.99 |
| Interest Level | Grade 2 - Grade 4 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 3 |
| Genre | Social Studies |
| Category | 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction |
| Copyright | 2009 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Brand | On My Own Books |
| Imprint | Millbrook Press ™ |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 48 |
| Publication Date | 2009-01-01 |
| Reading Counts! Points | 2.0 |
| Text Type | Narrative Nonfiction |
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| BISACS | JNF007020, JNF051160, JNF053240 |
| Dewey | 917.94 |
| Graphics | Full-color illustrations |
| Dimensions | 6 x 8.5 |
| Lexile | 550 |
| Guided Reading Level | N |
| ATOS Reading Level | 3.1 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 127349 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 0.5 |
| Features | Afterword, Bibliography/further reading, Reviewed, Teaching Guides, and Websites |
Author: Ginger Wadsworth
Illustrator: Craig Orback
Craig Orback is an award-winning children’s book illustrator living in the Northwest. He teaches children’s book illustration and oil painting at several local colleges. In his free time he enjoys painting landscapes and sharing his books with kids during school and library visits.
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On My Own History
With striking, full-page illustrations, real and fictionalized characters, and stories featuring events that really happened, these books capture readers’ interest and imagination. View available downloads →