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c2018., Pre-adolescent, Black Rabbit Books Call No: 358.4 170979314 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Bolt (North Mankato, Minn.)Summary Note: Readers of this book will investigate the facts and compare the data provided in the fascinating text and compelling infographics, and then decide for themselves what's really going on at Area 51.
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c2012., Random House Call No: ER FIC HOR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Horse diaries Volume: bk. 8Summary Note: Despite the dangers, Black Cloud enjoys his life as a wild mustang colt in 1951 Nevada but when humans round up and slaughter his herd, he is rescued by a talkative girl named Annie who gives him a safe and comfortable life, lacking nothing but freedom.
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-- Deadly desperados2012., G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: FIC LAW Edition: 1st American ed. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Western mysteries Volume: bk. 1Summary Note: In 1862 Nevada Territory, after finding his foster parents murdered and scalped, twelve-year-old P.K. Pinkerton, son of a railroad detective and a Sioux Indian, inherits a valuable deed and must hide from dangerous Whittlin Walt and his gang of desperados.
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2013., Pre-adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: GN 973.7 HALE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents in graphic novel format the experiences of the Donner Party, a group of eighty-seven individuals that headed West from Illinois in 1846, became trapped in a snowstorm, and was forced to take desperate measures to stay alive.
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2013., Pre-adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: 979.4 73 03 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents in graphic novel format the experiences of the Donner Party, a group of eighty-seven individuals that headed West from Illinois in 1846, became trapped in a snowstorm, and was forced to take desperate measures to stay alive.
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[2013]., Juvenile, Amulet Books Call No: GR 741.5 HAL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Hazardous tales.Summary Note: The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history. It's also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the United States, and the families and individuals who sacrificed so much to build new lives in a largely unknown landscape. From the preparation for the journey to each disastrous leg of the trip, this book shows the specific bad decisions that led to the party's predicament in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The graphic novel focuses on the struggles of the Reed family to tell the true story of the catastrophic journey.
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2013., Pre-adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: 979.4 73 03 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Nathan Hale's hazardous talesSummary Note: Presents in graphic novel format the experiences of the Donner Party, a group of eighty-seven individuals that headed West from Illinois in 1846, became trapped in a snowstorm, and was forced to take desperate measures to stay alive.
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2013., Juvenile, Amulet Books Call No: GN HAL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales Volume: 3Summary Note: Presents a humorous graphic novel about the true story of the Donner family, who in 1846 took a bad shortcut through the Rocky Mountains and ended up stranded in the mountains throughout the winter of that year.
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-- What's so great about-- ? The Donner Partyc2009., Juvenile, Mitchell Lane Publishers Call No: 978.02 HARKINS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Robbie Reader.Summary Note: Presents an easy-to-read nonfiction chapter book about the Donner Party, one of the pioneer families who set out from Illinois to reach California on the Oregon Trail. Chronicles their fateful decision to follow the trail through the Sierra Nevada that led to many deaths.
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c1993, Juvenile, HarperCollins Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a Chinese boy is sent to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working to build a tunnel for the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1867.
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1995, c1993., HarperCollins Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a fifteen-year-old Chinese boy is sent to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working to build a tunnel for the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1867. Sequel to " Mountain light."
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[2022]., Adolescent, Carolrhoda LAB Call No: HISTORICAL F YEE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fifteen-year-old Tam Ling Fan disguises herself as her twin brother, journeys from her village in China to California, and works as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad--where she faces danger on multiple fronts--to earn the money her family desperately needs. Includes author's note.
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[2022]., Adolescent, Carolrhoda Lab Call No: HISTORICAL FICTION FIC YEE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fifteen-year-old Tam Ling Fan disguises herself as her twin brother, journeys from her village in China to California, and works as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad--where she faces danger on multiple fronts--to earn the money her family desperately needs.
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2003., Lucent Books / Thomson/Gale Call No: 627.8 BHS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Building history seriesSummary Note: The story of human endeavor along with the scientific and technological principles requried to build the Hoover Dam, originally known as Boulder Dam.
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2003., Kidhaven Press ; Thomson/Gale Call No: 979.3 AND Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Seeds of a nationSummary Note: Discusses native people of Nevada and the history of the state's settlement.
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[2013], G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: [Fic] Edition: First American edit Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: P.K. Pinkerton series Volume: 2Summary Note: After he helped put three outlaws behind bars, twelve-year-old P.K. Pinkerton has opened a private-eye business in Virginia City. When Martha the maid witnesses a murder, P.K. is hired to help bring in the criminal before the criminal takes care of Martha.
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[2014]., G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1860s Nevada, master-of-disguise P.K. Pinkerton uncovers a sinister plot when he takes a case that calls for him to shadow his friend and mentor, Poker Face Jace.
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-- Snow fell 3 graves deepBy Wolf, AllanÃ2020., Adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: ADVENTURE FIC WOL Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: ". . . retelling of the ill-fated journey of the Donner party across the Sierra Nevadas during the winter of 1846-1847"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Snow fell 3 graves deepBy Wolf, AllanÃ2020., Adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: HISTORICAL FIC WOL Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: ". . . retelling of the ill-fated journey of the Donner party across the Sierra Nevadas during the winter of 1846-1847"--Provided by publisher.
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1996, c1992., Juvenile, Harper Trophy Call No: 92 Edition: 1st Harper Trophy ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Series Title: An I can read bookSummary Note: One winter John Thompson skis across the Sierra Nevada Mountains and creates a path upon which mail and people may travel, thus earning his nickname "Snowshoe Thompson."