Author
Barbara Brenner
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
February 2002
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Wagon Wheels
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Barbara Brenner
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
February 2002
£5.39
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Wagon Wheels
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Based on a true story, Wagon Wheels tells a powerful and overlooked story of the country's post-Civil War era.
Formerly enslaved Ed Muldie and his family travel to Kansas in 1878 to claim land under the Homestead Act. Mother dies on the journey from Kentucky. The family joins a free Black community in Nicodemus, Kansas. They survive a difficult winter thanks to help from the Osage Native community. But in spring Daddy must leave the boys to find better land for farming.
The two older boys, eleven and eight, take care of their three-year-old brother in these difficult times. Then a letter arrives via Pony Express. Daddy has settled and gives the boys a map to follow. The three boys must begin their own journey. They must care for one another as they travel 150 miles on foot to join him in their new home.
"The Muldies' story gives beginning readers a glimpse of homesteaders' life and, specifically, an awareness of the Black groups in Kansas--and the boys' impressive feats of coping make for...genuine human interest." (Kirkus)
Wagon Wheels is a Level Three I Can Read book. Level 3 includes many fun subjects kids love to read about on their own. Themes include friendship, adventure, historical fiction, and science. Level Three books are written for early independent readers. They include some challenging words and more complex themes and stories.
Author
Barbara Brenner
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
February 2002
Weight
114g
Dimensions
155 x 230 x 5 mm
ISBN
9780064440523
ISBN-10
0064440524
Eden Code
3991116
More Information
Author/Creator: Barbara Brenner
ISBN: 9780064440523
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: February 2002
Weight: 114g
Dimensions: 155 x 230 x 5 mm
Eden Code: 3991116