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Examines the history of the Oregon Trail, a path that stretched over two thousand miles from Missouri to the Pacific Northwest, discussing the experiences of the many immigrants who traveled west in the mid-1800s to start new lives.

Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation. Evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in the midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note--apparently from God--inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment, he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever.

"Three misfit girls come together to avenge the rape of a girl none of them knew and in the process start a movement that transforms the lives of everyone around them"--Provided by publisher.

While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.

As fourteen-year-old Dave begins to think about starting high school, he is both scared and thrilled. He decides to take some time to explore the world of nature near his Oregon home. Martin, a pine marten, soon joins Dave and as they share adventures they learn about love, family, friendship, and the mystery of life.

Ben and his sister must take over the family farm when their father mysteriously falls ill in the spring of 1855.

After a devastating tsunami in Japan, cousins Jet and Kai spend the summer together in Astoria, Oregon, training for the Young's Bay Treasure Island Race and become close friends in the process.

"Having spent her life on the road with her family, young Jupiter feels out of place when her family rents a house for the summer and takes in an adopted cousin from Ethiopia who hatches a plan to return home."--OCLC.

Explores the history, geography, people, and tourist attractions of Oregon.

Discusses the history, economy, culture, and future of Oregon. Also includes a state chronology, pertinent statistics, and maps.