TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Nikki Shannon AU - Trunfio,Alessia TI - Sarah journeys west: an Oregon Trail survival story T2 - Girls survive SN - 9781496587183 AV - PZ7.S6566 Sar 2020 U1 - F SMI 23 PY - 2020/// CY - North Mankato, Minnesota PB - Stone Arch Books KW - African American families KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Overland journeys to the Pacific KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - West (U.S.) KW - Survival KW - Western stories KW - Fiction KW - African Americans KW - Family life KW - Gold mines and mining KW - Oregon National Historic Trail KW - California KW - Gold discoveries KW - History KW - 1848-1860 KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft KW - Western fiction N1 - OBOB Elementary 2021-2022; 4.2; 3-6; 610L; Lexile; S; Fountas N2 - In 1851 twelve-year-old Sarah is a free Black, happy living with her parents, grandparents, and brother on their own farm in Iowa; but her father has been bitten by the gold bug and wants to take the trail west to California, and after some argument it is decided that the the grandparents will stay on the farm, but the rest of the family will go; the journey will be difficult and dangerous, but if they survive extreme weather, difficult terrain, illness, and the racism of others in the group there may be a better life waiting for them at the end of the trail. Includes nonfiction back matter, a glossary and discussion questions ER -