Going West

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Description

Award-winning author Jean Van Leeuwen tells the moving story of a pioneer family during the Westward ExpansionOne day in early spring they packed everything they had into our wagon, and set out to find a new home. Sleeping under the stars, weathering terrible storms, and fording swollen rivers, Hannah and her family made the journey of a lifetime. An American Bookseller Pick of the Lists.”Like pages torn from a frontier journal, stirring sketches and lyrical text form a moving tribute to the brave families to whom the book is dedicated.”—Publishers Weekly

Additional information

Weight 0.19 kg
Dimensions 0.44 × 26.37 × 21.59 cm
PubliCanadation City/Country

USA

by

format

Language

Pages

48

publisher

Year Published

1997-8-1

Imprint

For Ages

K

ISBN 10

0140560963

About The Author

Jean Van Leeuwen (jeanvanleeuwen.com) is the author of more than fifty children's books, including picture books, Easy-to-Read books, and middle-grade fiction. Ms. Van Leeuwen now lives in another small town north of New York City with her husband, Bruce Gavril. She has two grown children, David and Elizabeth, and a young grandchild, who will surely inspire more stories.

"Like pages torn from a frontier journal, stirring sketches and lyrical text form a moving tribute to the brave families to whom the book is dedicated."—Publishers Weekly"The simple vocabulary and evocative pictures provide a quiet beginning for general discussions about the past."—School Library Journal 

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