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Sweeney, Ashley E.,

Answer creek : a novel / Ashley E. Sweeney - Berkeley, CA : She Writes Press, 2020. - 327 pages : map ; 22 cm

Includes questions for discussion

Includes bibliographical references.

"A gripping tale of adventure and survival based on the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party on their 2,200-mile trek on the Oregon-California Trail from 1846 to '47. Nineteen-year-old Ada Weeks confronts danger and calamity along the hazard-filled journey to California. After a fateful decision that delays the overlanders more than a month, she--along with eighty-one other members of the Donner Party--finds herself stranded at Truckee Lake on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, stuck there for the entirety of a despairing, blizzard-filled winter. Forced to eat shoe leather and blankets to survive, will Ada be able to battle the elements--and her own demons--as she envisions a new life in California?"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 9781631528446 1631528440

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC061936 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019800817 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Donner Party--Fiction.
Young women--Fiction.
Wilderness survival--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Oregon National Historic Trail--Fiction.
Donner Lake (Calif.)--History--19th century--Fiction.
United States--History--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 813.6