A trail of broken dreams : the gold rush diary of Harriet Palmer —Haworth-Attard, Barbara, 1953- author.

Across the wide and lonesome prairie : the diary of Hattie Campbell —Gregory, Kristiana.

In her diary, thirteen-year-old Hattie chronicles her family's arduous 1847 journey from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trail. In a diary format, this novel chronicles the hardships that pioneers endured during a trip ...

Koda —Hermes, Patricia.

Traveling with his owners from Missouri to Oregon in 1848, Koda, an energetic two-year-old quarter horse, finds the long journey increasingly tedious and tiring until his young owner goes missing on the trail and he mus...

Sarah journeys west : an Oregon Trail survival story —Smith, Nikki Shannon, 1971- author.

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 Califo...

Overland to Cariboo —Galloway, Priscilla, 1930-

Lisa and her family begin a dangerous five-month journey west from Manitoba to British Columbia with the "Overlanders".

The journal of Jedediah Barstow, an emigrant on the Oregon Trail : Overland, 1845 —Levine, Ellen.

In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travel...

The devil's paintbox —McKernan, Victoria.

In 1865, fifteen-year-old Aiden and his thirteen-year-old sister Maddy, penniless orphans, leave drought-stricken Kansas on a wagon train hoping for a better life in Seattle, but find there are still many hardships to be...

Apples to Oregon : being the (slightly) true narrative of how a brave pioneer father brought apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, and cherries (and children) across the plains —Hopkinson, Deborah.

Mr. Tucket —Paulsen, Gary.

In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon, fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians and then falls in with a one-armed trapper who teaches him how to live in the wild.

Cassie's journey : going West in the 1860's —Harvey, Brett.

A young girl relates the hardships and dangers of traveling with her family in a covered wagon from Illinois to California during the 1860's.

Fortune's journey —Coville, Bruce.

Sixteen-year-old Jenny faces many challenges on an overland journey to California in 1853 with the acting company that she inherited from her father.

The buffalo storm —Applegate, Katherine.

When Hallie and her parents join a wagon train to Oregon and leave her grandmother behind, Hallie must learn to face the storms that frighten her so, as well as other, newer fears, with just her grandmother's quilt to co...

A book for black-eyed Susan —Young, Judy, 1956-

While traveling along the Oregon Trail, ten-year-old Cora and her newborn baby sister suffer the loss of their mother and are separated.

The water seeker —Holt, Kimberly Willis

Traces the hard life, filled with losses, adversity, and adventure, of Amos, son of a trapper and dowser, from 1833 when his mother dies giving birth to him until 1859, when he has grown up and has a son of his own.

Wagons ho! —Hallowell, George.

Compares the experiences of Jenny Johnson and Katie Miller as their families move from Missouri to Oregon, one in 1846 and one in 2011.

All the stars in the sky : the Santa Fe trail diary of Florrie Mack Ryder —McDonald, Megan.

A girl's diary records the year 1848 during which she, her brother, mother, and stepfather traveled the Santa Fe trail from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe.

Papa and the pioneer quilt —Van Leeuwen, Jean.

As her family travels by wagon train to Oregon, a young girl gathers scraps of cloth so that she can make a quilt. Includes historical note.

The Josefina story quilt —Coerr, Eleanor, 1922-

While traveling west with her family in 1850, a young girl makes a patchwork quilt chronicling the experiences of the journey and reserves a special patch for her pet hen Josefina.

Across the wide and lonesome prairie the Oregon Trail diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 —Gregory, Kristiana.

At first, 13-year-old Hattie and her family find the wagon train adventure exciting, but as time passes, death, disease, weather, and the terrain make it a tedious and dangerous trip. Through Hattie's diary, the rigors a...

Dear Levi : letters from the Overland Trail —Woodruff, Elvira.

Twelve-year-old Austin Ives writes letters to his younger brother describing his three-thousand-mile journey from their home in Pennsylvania to Oregon in 1851.