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Donner Dinner Party
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Donner Dinner Party
A Pioneer Tale
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New York Times Bestselling Series!
“These books are, quite simply, brilliant. . . . Thrilling, bloody, action-packed stories from American history.” —New York Times
 
Discover the shocking and true story of the ill-fated Donner Party expedition with the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series!
 
In the spring of 1846, a group of families left Illinois and began the long journey toward a new life in California. To save time, they took an ill-advised shortcut—with disastrous consequences. Their story would not take them to California but into history.
 
Bad weather, bad choices, and just plain bad luck forced the pioneers to spend a long, cold winter in the mountains, slowly starving. What they did to stay alive and the lengths that others went to in order to rescue them make this one of the most tragic and infamous stories of the American frontier.
 
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales take young readers into American history with graphic novels that bring the dangerous, bloody, exciting history of America to life. From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War, World War I and World War II, the Donner Party, the Marquis de Lafayette, Harriet Tubman, the Alamo, and more all come to life in a way that will excite young readers of history.
 
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales! Read them all—if you dare!
One Dead Spy: A Revolutionary War Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #1)
Big Bad Ironclad!: A Civil War Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #2)
Donner Dinner Party: A Pioneer Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales Book #3)
Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood: A World War I Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #4)
The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #5)
Alamo All-Stars: A Texas Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #6)
Raid of No Return: A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #7):
Lafayette!: A Revolutionary War Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #8)
Major Impossible: A Grand Canyon Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #9)
Blades of Freedom: A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #10)
Cold War Correspondent: A Korean War Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #11)
New York Times Bestselling Series!
“These books are, quite simply, brilliant. . . . Thrilling, bloody, action-packed stories from American history.” —New York Times
 
Discover the shocking and true story of the ill-fated Donner Party expedition with the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series!
 
In the spring of 1846, a group of families left Illinois and began the long journey toward a new life in California. To save time, they took an ill-advised shortcut—with disastrous consequences. Their story would not take them to California but into history.
 
Bad weather, bad choices, and just plain bad luck forced the pioneers to spend a long, cold winter in the mountains, slowly starving. What they did to stay alive and the lengths that others went to in order to rescue them make this one of the most tragic and infamous stories of the American frontier.
 
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales take young readers into American history with graphic novels that bring the dangerous, bloody, exciting history of America to life. From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War, World War I and World War II, the Donner Party, the Marquis de Lafayette, Harriet Tubman, the Alamo, and more all come to life in a way that will excite young readers of history.
 
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales! Read them all—if you dare!
One Dead Spy: A Revolutionary War Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #1)
Big Bad Ironclad!: A Civil War Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #2)
Donner Dinner Party: A Pioneer Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales Book #3)
Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood: A World War I Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #4)
The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #5)
Alamo All-Stars: A Texas Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #6)
Raid of No Return: A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #7):
Lafayette!: A Revolutionary War Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #8)
Major Impossible: A Grand Canyon Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #9)
Blades of Freedom: A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #10)
Cold War Correspondent: A Korean War Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #11)
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  • ATOS:
    2.7
  • Lexile:
    330
  • Interest Level:
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  • Text Difficulty:
    K - 2


About the Author-
  • Nathan Hale is the #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of the Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales series. He also wrote and illustrated the graphic novels One Trick Pony and Apocalypse Taco. Hale lives in Utah, and you can find him online at nathanhaleauthor.com.

Reviews-
  • Booklist

    October 15, 2013
    Grades 3-6 Hale, still narrating juicy history tales (after One Dead Spy, 2011) with the help of a British soldier and an effusive, bumbling executioner, tells the harrowing story of the ill-fated Donner party. Beginning with their departure from Springfield, Illinois, in 1846, Hale depicts the party's progress in small but clear panels and includes lots of factual details, such as a roster of everyone in the party, how they died, and a helpful map showing just how tantalizingly close they came to California before meeting their grisly end. It's a difficult story, and Hale makes allowances for sensitive readers: Horrible things are going to happen. If you are easily upset, skip ahead. But despite the gruesome facts, Hale keeps it relatively light and lifts the mood with some much-needed humor, thanks in no small part to the over-the-top executionerwho, for instance, is outrageously sensitive to the death of cute and fuzzy animals but surprisingly nonchalant about cannibalism. This informative graphic novel capitalizes on enticingly gross history to great effect, balancing raw facts with strong storytelling.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2013, American Library Association.)

  • The Horn Book

    January 1, 2014
    Nathan Hale, Revolutionary War hero, continues to distract his executioners in this third volume. Author Hale (no relation) manages to balance the tragedy of the Donner Party's doomed journey with the graphic novel series' wacky humor--no small feat. Readers not put off by the small panel illustrations and tiny type (or the story's horrific nature) will appreciate this entertaining history lesson. Reading list.

    (Copyright 2014 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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