west (u.s.)

After his prior adventures, the Chosen One Simon Snow, now without magic, feels depressed and traumatized. Penny offers three tickets to America to embark on a new mission to save Agatha from a vampire conspiracy. So Simon, Penny, and Simon's vampiric love Baz take a vintage convertible across the American West. Along the way they encounter dragons, vampires, creatures, and a new magic that they know nothing about, but that threatens to destroy the world.

Lonely without his friend Clara who is vacationing out West, Henry the Duck decides to pay her a surprise visit.

". . . read about the Oregon Trail and westward expansion from three perspectives. Each perspective is based on real things that happened to real people who traveled or experiences the Oregon Trail. As you'll see, the same event can look different depending on one's point of view"--Page 3.

Provides an account of the harrowing experiences of twenty-one-year-old bride Sarah Graves after her family joined with the Donner party seven months into their journey to California in 1846, and, equipped with snowshoes constructed by her father, pressed on with fourteen other relatively young, healthy people in search of help after the travelers became stranded by a snowstorm.

"A deeply-researched, dramatic, and character-driven narrative account of the violent struggle between Union and Confederate forces to claim the American West during the Civil War"--.

Tells the story of Chris McCandless, a twenty-four-year-old who walked into the Alaskan wilderness on an idealistic journey and was found dead of starvation nearly four months later.

"More than a history of Western movies, [this book] intertwines film history, the history of the American West, and American social history into one . . . volume"--Provided by publisher.

Provides true stories of people who have survived the dangers of the American West. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

"When her father is killed by the notorious Rose Riders for a mysterious journal that reveals the secret location of a gold mine, eighteen-year-old Kate Thompson disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers--and justice"--Provided by publisher.

Presents historic arts and crafts projects that provide insight into America's Westward Expansion.