The Donner Party

I found this while reorganizing the school library. My middle schooler's love graphic novels, and this is a topic that they really get obsessed with once they hear about it, so I had to read it myself to see what the hype was about. I found it quite interesting, handling a not-often-approached topic......more

It's a rare thing to talk about cannibalism in a children's book. But it's handled well. Very interesting story. I can't wait to read the grown-up version.......more

Narrative could have been so much better. There is plenty of room in this format to present the whole story clearly.......more

Short but interesting comic style book about the Donner party journey and tragedy. Honestly I was surprised to learn something new from this book: the snow pit was much bigger than I had imagined.......more

Plot summary: The Donner party, a group of 87 people and 23 wagons followed a trail to California from Missouri. They faced decisions on cutoffs to California that ended up being mistakes and made them take too long in the mountains which caused them to get stuck in a blizzard. They did not have food......more