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A review by justicepirate
Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen
3.0
3.5 stars
I read this book to my sons. We have read a few books from that era, but only a couple about traveling by wagon across land and towards Oregon. This one was the most realistic one, as they showed the true hardships many people suffered while on the road. There were some who got sick and died in this book, so in case you have small children, this may not be something they are ready for. There was a use of the "n" word which I did not read/say, but explained to my sons why it is wrong to say it, which the book also talked about, as a character explained a little about it. This book is set in pre-Civil War era and one family had complained that they had to do things themselves without their slaves. I think that for the most part this book was good, but I was a bit bored in the first quarter of reading the story.
Mary Ellen lives in Arkansas with her father, step-mother (her mom died), two sisters, and John (a teen boy who helps out and doesn't really have caring parents). They all decide to go to Oregon to have land to live off of. Mary Ellen doesn't want to leave her grandmother who lives nearby, but she has to do what her father tells her to.
I read this book to my sons. We have read a few books from that era, but only a couple about traveling by wagon across land and towards Oregon. This one was the most realistic one, as they showed the true hardships many people suffered while on the road. There were some who got sick and died in this book, so in case you have small children, this may not be something they are ready for. There was a use of the "n" word which I did not read/say, but explained to my sons why it is wrong to say it, which the book also talked about, as a character explained a little about it. This book is set in pre-Civil War era and one family had complained that they had to do things themselves without their slaves. I think that for the most part this book was good, but I was a bit bored in the first quarter of reading the story.
Mary Ellen lives in Arkansas with her father, step-mother (her mom died), two sisters, and John (a teen boy who helps out and doesn't really have caring parents). They all decide to go to Oregon to have land to live off of. Mary Ellen doesn't want to leave her grandmother who lives nearby, but she has to do what her father tells her to.