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beecheralyson's review against another edition
Told in verse from different perspectives but something was off for me with this one.
readingthroughtheages's review
4.0
Historical account of the Oregon Trail told as a historical account by people who walked the trail.
So much can be learned about what the travelers went through, but in this unique voice of personal narrative instead of a dry, written account.
So much can be learned about what the travelers went through, but in this unique voice of personal narrative instead of a dry, written account.
backonthealex's review
3.0
An OK book about a very difficult trip by very brave people but this book just didn't do it for me. Everyone sounds the same, and I kept having to flip back and forth to keep the 15 people straight. There is, however, some good stuff about the hardships expereinced on wagon trains, and about the logisitcs of such a journey.
elllie's review
4.0
In the style of Laura Amy Schlitz's [b:Good Masters Sweet Ladies Voices from a Medieval Village|607931|Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village|Laura Amy Schlitz|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1320407671s/607931.jpg|594437], this book presents a variety of "voices" from an Oregon Trail wagon train. While the people in the book aren't real, their stories are. This seriously felt like a trip back to the Oregon Trail computer game (though no one died of cholera and no one accidentally ate poison hemlock, sooooooo.....). I wish we could have had some more true facts sprinkled in throughout the pages to help kids distinguish what is fact and what is fiction in this story.
beecheralyson's review
Told in verse from different perspectives but something was off for me with this one.
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