- Hardcover: 119 pages
- Publisher: Alfred a Knopf (Mar 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0679846417
- ISBN-13: 978-0679846413
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.2 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Illus. in black-and-white. In 1851, 12-year-old orphan Austin Ives joins a wagon train headed for California. As they make their way across the country, Austin writes home to his brother Levi, describing day-to-day life on the Overland Trail. In his own observant and vigorous voice, Austin tells of the everyday happenings--hunting game and fording streams--as well as more dramatic episodes, from devastating illness to complex encounters with Indians.
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Dear Levi, I am writing to you from the state of Ohio, and even though it is only a week's drive from home in Sudbury, I feel as if I'm already a long way from Pennsylvania. Read the first page
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Dear Levi, I am writing to you from the state of Ohio, and even though it is only a week's drive from home in Sudbury, I feel as if I'm already a long way from Pennsylvania. Read the first page
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Format:Paperback
I read this book a couple of years ago (to my son). We both loved it. The events that happen to the boy as he travels along the Oregon Trail gave my son a realistic account of what it was like for the people who lived it. At the end of each letter he would beg me to go on, and it was so interesting I never needed much convincing. Even though the reading level is probably 4th-6th grade, I have decided to use the book with my special education students (grades 10, 11, 12). I predict they will love it too!
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Exciting, and the letter format made it even more realistic.
8 Aug 1998
Format:Paperback
I read this book a couple of years ago (to my son). We both loved it. The events that happen to the boy as he travels along the Oregon Trail gave my son a realistic account of what it was like for the people who lived it. At the end of each letter he would beg me to go on, and it was so interesting I never needed much convincing. Even though the reading level is probably 4th-6th grade, I have decided to use the book with my special education students (grades 10, 11, 12). I predict they will love it too!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Oregon or Bust!!!
26 April 2004
Format:Paperback
We recently read this as an adjunct to an Oregon Trail unit. Most of the fourth grade students could relate to what was going on in the story, especially the relationships that parents and children have. An excellent tool to "hook the learner" and keep them interested. I would recommend this to teachers and students. It convinced me that I need to visit the real Oregon Trail before I teach this again!!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Great book and author!
7 May 2000
Format:Paperback
I've met the author and would recomend any one of her books to you! This book is about a boy who writes to his brother while he(austin) is on the Oregon Trail. There is a sequel coming or is out that's called dear Austin. It's about Levi Writing back to austin.
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