To Stay Alive - by Skila Brown (Paperback)

The Donner Party's Harrowing Survival Tale in Verse is a gripping and moving account of one young woman's experience during one of the most infamous events in American history.

Through riveting, keenly observed poetry, Mary Ann Graves' narrative takes readers on a journey of hope, loss, and perseverance as she and her family face unimaginable challenges on their journey west by wagon train.

With brevity and repetition used to intense effect, this verse novel conveys the gravity of the cannibalism that became synonymous with the Donner Party, while also highlighting Mary Ann's visceral reactions without becoming steeped in grisly detail.

This is a must-read for anyone interested in American history, survival stories, or simply great literature.