ARONIN, Miriam

Gr 5–7—Aronin addresses each question in a four- to eight-page chapter, and topics include trailblazing the route to Oregon, the commercial and missionary impulses that drove early settlement in the region, preparation for and "jumping off" onto the trail, the hardships of life on the journey, large-scale migration to Oregon, and the effects of the transcontinental railroad on settlement in the West...

Gr 3—5—On January 12, 2010, an earthquake that measured 7...

Gr 4-6 Students with a penchant for the extreme will relish the dangerous situations described in these fact-filled works, whose first-person accounts add nail-biting immediacy...

Gr 4-6 Students with a penchant for the extreme will relish the dangerous situations described in these fact-filled works, whose first-person accounts add nail-biting immediacy...