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

by Jerdine Nolen

Book Overview

From the author of Eliza's Freedom Road and Calico Girl (a Kirkus Best Book of the Year) comes a dramatic historical middle grade novel that is "a unique lens through which to examine the 1849 Gold Rush" (School Library Journal) following an enslaved girl taking the chance to find freedom on the Overland Trail to California.

In Alexandria, Virginia, in the mid-19th century, a slave-owning family is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1665924721
• ISBN13: 9781665924726
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7