To Stay Alive: Mary Ann Graves and the Tragic Journey of the Donner Party

from authorjanebnight

Synopsis: Mary Graves and her family are heading to California to start a new life. Unfortunately, they become stuck in the Sierra Nevada during a blizzard and are forced to resort to cannibalism to survive. They are remembered as part of the ill fated Donner party. My rating: 3/5 I loved how wel...

from readingbeader

The map in the front piece is wrong. St. Joseph is in the wrong place. There. Had to get that out of the way. It's on the wrong side of the state of Missouri. I have a morbid curiosity about the Donner Party, like many people. This book in verse takes the point of view from Mary Ann Graves, the s...

from eduscapes

TO STAY ALIVE by Skila Brown tells the story of Mary Ann Graves and the tragic Donner Party. Set in 1846, this young adult novel tells the fictionalized story of a young survivor of the Donner Party. Based on the real people, places, and events, Brown uses a novel-in-verse approach to share the h...

from eduscapes

TO STAY ALIVE by Skila Brown tells the story of Mary Ann Graves and the tragic Donner Party. Set in 1846, this young adult novel tells the fictionalized story of a young survivor of the Donner Party. Based on the real people, places, and events, Brown uses a novel-in-verse approach to share the h...