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Chapter Book · Graphic novel · Ages 11–17 · 2013 · Est. 1.5 hour read
Donner Dinner Party
By Nathan Hale
Book #3 in the Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series
A shortcut leads pioneers into a deadly winter struggle for survival.
4.2/5 Goodreads · 5,749 ratings
128 pages· 13,815 words· Est. 1.5 hour read
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Bookroo's summary
In 1846, families seeking a new life in California take a perilous shortcut, leading to a harrowing winter in the Sierra Nevada. As starvation looms, their desperate choices become a haunting tale of survival. Follow the Reed family's journey through bad weather, worse decisions, and the relentless grip of fate. What sacrifices will they make, and who will come to their rescue? This gripping graphic novel captures the tragic essence of the Donner Party's infamous expedition, blending historical truth with vivid storytelling. Dare to uncover the chilling reality of this American frontier disaster.
From the publisher
Discover the shocking and true story of the ill-fated Donner Party expedition with the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series! In the spring of 1846, a group of families left Illinois and began the long journey to California. To save time, they took an ill-advised shortcut–with disastrous consequences. Bad weather, bad choices, and just plain bad luck forced the pioneers to spend a long, cold winter in the mountains, slowly starving. What they did to stay alive and the lengths that others went to in order to rescue them make this one of the most tragic and infamous stories of the American frontier. Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales are graphic novels that tell the thrilling, shocking, gruesome, and TRUE stories of American history. Read them all–if you dare! Get Donner Dinner Party and two other Hazardous Tales in the Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales Second 3-Book Boxed Set, available now!
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 128
- Words
- 13,815
- Reading age
- 11–17
- Audience
- Young Adult
- Lexile
- GN330L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 2.7
- F&P level
- ~J
- AR points
- 2
- AR interest level
- MG
- AR quiz
- 160438
Publication
- Published
- August 6, 2013
- Publisher
- Abrams Fanfare
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book · Graphic novel
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9781419708565
- LCCN
- 2014378376
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