All books can be found by the author's last name in the Juvenile Fiction area unless noted on the booklist.
Arrington, Frances (J)
Bluestem
With their father away and their mother traumatized by some unknown event, eleven-year-old Polly and her younger sister are left to take care of themselves and their prairie homestead.
Goodman, Susan E. (J)
Cora Frear: A True Story
Growing up during the late nineteenth century, Cora loved to make house calls with her doctor father, but on one of their trips they found themselves trapped as a prairie fire ravaged the Iowa countryside.
Hermes, Patricia (J My America)
Westward To Home: Joshua's Diary
In 1848, nine-year-old Joshua Martin McCullough writes a journal of his family's journey from Missouri to Oregon in a covered wagon. Includes a historical note about westward migration.
Ketchum, Liza (J)
Orphan Journey Home
In 1828, while traveling from Illinois to Kentucky, twelve-year-old Jesse and her two brothers and sister lose their parents to the milk sickness and must try to finish the dangerous journey by themselves.
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody (J)
To The Frontier
After the death of his brother, eight-year-old Bill Cody and his family set out from Iowa to make a new home for themselves in the volatile Kansas Territory.
Kirkpatrick, Katherine (J)
The Voyage Of The Continental
In 1866, young orphan Emeline McCullough leaves her mill job in Lowell, Massachusetts, to head for Seattle, Washington, aboard the steamship Continental, writing in her diary about the intrigue, danger, and romance she encounters on her journey.
Levine, Ellen (J My Name Is)
The Journal Of Jedediah Barstow, An Emigrant
On The Oregon Trail: Overland, 1845 In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes.
Levitin, Sonia (J)
Clem's Chances
In 1860, fourteen-year-old Clem Fontayne learns from fellow travelers about important topics of the day, including the Mormon migration, slavery, and the Pony Express, as he journeys from Missouri to California in search of his father.
Love, D. Anne (J)
A Year Without Rain
Her mother's death and a year-long drought have made life difficult for twelve-year-old Rachel and her family on their farm in the Dakotas, but when she learns that her father plans to get married again, it is almost more than Rachel can bear.
McMullan, Kate (J My America)
As Far As I Can See: Meg's Prairie Diary
In her diary for 1856, nine-year-old Meg describes the long, dangerous journey she and her younger brother make from Missouri to Kansas, as well as the new life they find there.
MacLachlan, Patricia (J)
Caleb's Story
The stranger lurking on the Witting family's prairie farm turns out to be their long-lost grandfather, whose presence plus prodding from Caleb forces Jacob to deal with his past. Sequel to: Skylark
Mercati, Cynthia (J)
Wagons Ho! A Diary Of The Oregon Trail
The fictional diary entries of ten-year-old Liza relate her family's journey to Oregon in a covered wagon in 1849.
Pfitsch, Patricia Curtis (J)
Riding The Flume
In 1894, fifteen-year-old Francie determines to fight the lumbermen and protect the largest Sequoia tree ever seen, which had been given to her sister just before her death six years earlier.
Stanley, Diane (J)
Roughing It On The Oregon Trail
Twins Liz and Lenny, along with their time-traveling grandmother, join a group of pioneers journeying west on the Oregon Trail in 1843.
Whelan, Gloria (J)
The Wanigan: A Life On The River
In 1878, eleven-year-old Annabel and her parents survive a year of adventure that includes floating downriver in two shacks along with a group of Michigan lumbermen moving logs.
Yep, Laurence (J My Name Is)
The Journal Of Wong Ming-Chung: A Chinese Miner
A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal as he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle during the Gold Rush.
Holland, Isabelle (YA)
The Journey Home
Two orphan sisters in the late 1800s leave New York on the orphan train to seek a new home in the West.
Paulsen, Gary (YA)
Tucket's Home
Francis, Lottie, and Billy survive a series of hair-raising adventures while on their way West to the Oregon Trail where they hope to find the Tucket family. Series: Tucket adventures; 5
Robinet, Harriette (YA)
Twelve Travelers, Twenty Horses
On the way to California with their kind new master, thirteen-year-old Jacob, his mother, and other slaves are caught up in adventures that include trying to stop a plot to help the South secede from the Union.
Vande Velde, Vivian (YA)
Ghost Of A Hanged Man
An outlaw condemned to be hanged threatens to wreak vengeance from the grave on those responsible for his death.