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"Westward to Home" by Patricia Hermes is about a young boy named Joshua, whose family leave their home in Missouri to travel on the Oregon trail to search for a better life. 3 Total Resources View Text Complexity Discover Like Books Grade; 1-5; Genre; Historical Fiction; Year Published 2001.
Going to Oregon in a covered wagon sounded like a grand adventure, but Josh soon found out that it was also about work and hardship. It is the first diary of Joshua McCullough in the My America series.
They are traveling with many other families, who have experienced devastating tragedies.
Thank you, Melody. The My America book series by multiple authors includes books Westward to Home, The Starving Time, Our Strange New Land, and several more. I really enjoyed this story and look forward to book 2 in the Westward to Home series. Get this from a library! Another book you just cannot put down. It is really the story of the human emotions attached to leaving home and starting all over. It is 1848 when Joshua McCullough and his family leave their home in St. Joseph, Missouri, and set off for Oregon on a wagon train. In book one of this diary of life on the Oregon Trail, Pat Hermes tells the story of Joshua McCullough's family's experiences as they pack up their belongings and head west in a wagon train. Click on “Search by Reading Level”.
Grades. This is a reading response journal to My America: Westward to Home: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary, Book One, written by Patricia Hermes. Students will make self-text connections and answer higher level thinking questions.
The book was published in February 2001 and republished in August 2002 with a different cover design.
Josh knows all about moving.
But, Westward to Home: Joshua's Diary is much more than an adventurous piece of historical fiction. Stine, R.L. Anderson 3.2 0.5 Caboose Mystery Gertrude Chandler 3.2 2 Sort Order: Reading Level Test Book Reading Point Number Title Author Level Value ... 50170 Westward to Home: Joshua's Diary Hermes, Patricia 3.1 1.0 81587 Who Let the Ghosts Out? You truly are a gifted author. 2.0 out of 5 stars an okay guided reading book Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2012 I teach third grade and was looking for an historical fiction book for my below level readers. Students have 7 response questions to answer in diary/ letter format. Includes a historical note about westward migration. Students have 7 response questions to answer in diary/ letter format.