The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds: The Donner Party Expedition 1846
By Rodman Philbrick
Interest Level
Grades 6 - 8
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 5.7
Lexile Measure®: 920L
DRA: 50
Guided Reading: S
Genre
- Diaries and Journals
- Historical Fiction
- Dictionaries
- Series
Theme/Subject
- Death, Grief, Loss
- Westward Exploration and Expansion
- Survival
Reading Quiz Programs
About This Book
In Rodman Philbrick's first My Name Is America book, he tells the harrowing story of the Donner Party through the viewpoint of Douglas Allen Deeds, an enthusiastic young farm boy traveling West with the doomed expedition.
Text Excerpt:
November 4
Soon we will eat the frozen cattle… And then, when that is gone, what shall we eat?
Shall we eat the snow? Shall we eat the ice? Shall we eat the bark on the frozen trees? What shall we eat?
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