What Was the Donner Party?

By Ben Hubbard, Who Hq, Who H.Q.

Book Overview

The notorious true story of a group of pioneers forced to make impossible decisions when trapped in the mountains for an entire winter--part of the New York Times bestselling What Was? series, featuring 16 pages of photos.

In the winter of 1846-47, a group of eighty-seven pioneers heading from the Midwest to California found themselves snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range with no way forward and no food or supplies. While forty-eight of the group members survived, the others perished due to extreme weather, starvation, and illness. To survive, the remaining people resorted to extreme measures...including cannibalism. Theirs is a story of miscalculations, bad decisions, and extreme weather--but it's also a story of survival and bravery among everyday people.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593520742
• ISBN13: 9780593520741
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6