While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weights whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.
a primary source history of the route to the American West
Olson, Steven P
2004
Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the Oregon Trail, its role in westward expansion, and the travails of the pioneers who followed it across the West.
Describes the historical context of the 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case involving the Vernonia School District in Oregon verses seventh-grader James Acton which focused on the school's policy of testing student athletes for illegal drug use.
Scarlet, an introverted high school junior surrounded by outcasts who find her a good listener, learns to break old patterns and reach for hope when her pregnant sister moves home with her new husband, with whom Scarlet feels an instant connection.
Terri Jentz chronicles her return to the small town where she and her friend, Shayna Weiss, were nearly murdered fifteen years earlier and shares what the trip helped her learn about herself and human nature.
Traces the history of Fort Clatsop in Oregon, discussing why it was built in 1805, looking at everyday life in the fort, and examining its role in American history.
Late in 1848, nine-year-old Joshua McCullough starts a second journal, this time recording events in Willamette Valley, Oregon Territory, as his family and others they met on the trail begin to get settled.
Traces the history of the Modoc tribe, originally from Oregon and California, and looks at Modoc society, food, homes, clothing, crafts, family and children, myths, war, contact with Europeans, important members, and modern-day status.
