Hope's Path to Glory: The Story of a Family's Journey on the Overland Trail | TheBookSeekers

Hope's Path to Glory: The Story of a Family's Journey on the Overland Trail


School year: Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8

No. of pages 240

Published: 2023

Great for age 7-13 years

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From the author of Elizas Freedom Road and Calico Girl comes a historical middle grade adventure about an enslaved girls journey on the Overland Trail to California during the Gold Rush, and how she took the chance to fight for freedom.In Alexandria, Virginia, in the mid-19th century, a slave-owning family is facing financial trouble. The eldest son, Jason, thinks going to California to mine for gold might be the best way to protect his fathers legacy. Hell need a cook, a laundress, and a hostler for the journey, and one of them is twelve-year-old Clementine, whose mother calls her Hope. From Independence, Missourithe Gateway to the Westshe and the others join a wagon train on the Emigrant Overland Trail. But what Jason didnt consider is taking the three enslaved people west will give them an opportunity to free themselvesmanifesting their destiny.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 3rd grade-7th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published in 2023 by Simon & Schuster .

JERDINE NOLEN is the author of many beloved picture books, including Plantzilla and Raising Dragons , which won the Christopher Award and was a Smithsonian Magazine Notable Book for Children. She lives in Maryland. KADIR NELSON has illustrated many popular books for children, including Just the Two of Us by Will Smith and Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee. He lives in California.