Other Recommended Books
Books about Oregon and Our History Recommended by Librarians
- Recommended Books for Juvenile
Readers:
- 4th - 6th Grade (9 - 12 years old)
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Recommended Books for Juvenile Readers:
4th - 6th Grade (9 - 12 years old)Anderson, Margaret J. Olla-Piska: Tales
of David Douglas
Tells the story of botanist and explorer David Douglas's travels
through the Pacific Northwest in 1825-1827, from the point of
view of a young apprentice.
Alexander, Charles Bobbie, A Great
Collie
Avi The Barn
In an effort to fulfill their dying father's last request,
nine-year-old Ben and his brother and sister construct a barn on
their land in the Oregon Territory.
Barron, T.A The Ancient One
While helping her Great Aunt Melanie try to protect an Oregon
redwood forest from loggers, thirteen-year-old Kate goes back
five centuries through a time tunnel and faces the evil creature
Gashra, who is bent on destroying the same forest.
Beard, Darleen Bailey Operation Clean
Sweep
In 1916, just four years after getting the right to vote, the
women of Umatilla, Oregon band together to throw the mayor and
other city officials out of office, replacing them with
women.
Boulton, Jane Only Opal: The diary of a
Young Girl
A lyrical adaptation of the writings of Opal Whiteley, in which
she describes her love of nature and her life in an Oregon lumber
camp at the turn of the century.
Bunting, Eve The Summer of
Riley
Shortly after he gets the perfect dog, Riley, eleven-year-old
William must fight for his dog's life after Riley is taken away
because he chases and injures an elderly neighbor's old
horse.
Carey, Janet Lee Double Life of Zoe
Flynn
When Zoe's family has to live in their van for months after
moving from California to Oregon so her father can find work, Zoe
tries to keep her sixth-grade classmates from discovering that
she is homeless.
Cleary, Beverly Emily's Runaway
Imagination
A story, set in rural Oregon in the 1920's about a fourth-grade
girl who wants a library for her small town.
Crew Linda Nekomah Creek
Nine-year-old Robby loves his noisy and somewhat unconventional
family, but unwanted attention from a counselor and a bully at
school make him self-conscious about just how unconventional his
family might look to outsiders.
Crew, Linda Fire on the Wind
The summer before her fourteenth birthday, a fierce forest fire,
later known as The Tillamook Burn, rages throughout northwestern
Oregon and threatens the logging camp where Storie and her family
live.
Evans, Shirlee Tree Tall and the Horse
Race
Tree Tall, an Indian boy living on an Oregon reservation in the
mid-nineteenth century, wins a horse of his own in a race but
finds his victory marred by misunderstanding and prejudice.
Gregory, Kristina Across the Wide and
Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell (Dear
America Series)
In her diary, thirteen-year-old Hattie chronicles her family's
arduous 1847 journey from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon
Trail.
Heisel, Sharon E. Precious Gold Precious
Jade
A young woman befriends a Chinese family despite the racism and
fear that overwhelm the residents of her small western mining
town at the end of the gold rush in Southern Oregon.
Holm, Jennifer Boston Jane: an
Adventure
Schooled in the lessons of etiquette for young ladies of 1854,
Miss Jane Peck of Philadelphia finds little use for manners
during her long sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest and while
living among the American traders and Chinook Indians of
Washington Territory
Karr, Kathleen Oregon Sweet Oregon
(Petticoat Party series)
As her family and other members of the Petticoat Party settle
into their new lives in the Oregon territory, thirteen-year-old
Phoebe Brown yearns for more of the freedoms she had experienced
on the difficult cross-country journey.
Karwoski, Gail Seaman: The Dog Who
Explored the West with Lewis & Clark
Seaman, a Newfoundland, proves his value as a hunter, navigator,
and protector while serving with the Corps of Discovery when it
explores the West under the leadership of Lewis and Clark.
Killingsworth, Monte Eli's
Songs
Shipped off to relatives in Oregon while his father is touring
with his rock band, twelve-year-old Eli comes to love the
magnificent trees of a nearby forest and tries to prevent their
imminent destruction.
Kudlinski, Kathleen V. Facing west: a
story of the Oregon Trail (Once Upon America Series)
As his family sets out from Missouri to Oregon, young Ben wonders
whether he will have more trouble with the dangers of the journey
or his debilitating asthma.
Kurtz, Jane I'm Sorry, Almira
Ann
Eight-year-old Sarah's high spirits help make her family's long
journey from Missouri to Oregon more bearable, though they do
cause both her and her best friend Almira Ann some problems.
Lampman, Evelyn Sibley The Potlatch
Family
Looked down at by her classmates because of her darker skin and
alcoholic father, a Chinook Indian girl gains a new outlook when
her brother returns from Vietnam.
Lampman, Evelyn Sibley Squaw Man's
Son
Because he is part Indian and part white, a thirteen-year-old boy
begins to realize he doesn't fit into either culture.
Lampman, Evelyn Sibley Treasure
Mountain
Two children from the Chemawa Indian School visit their aunt on
the Oregon coast, where they search for buried treasure and
rediscovers their family heritage and ties with the Nehalem
tribe.
Levine, Ellen The Journal of Jedediah
Barstow, An Emigrant on the Oregon Trail: Overland, 1845 (My Name
is America Series)
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.
Lewis, Claudia Long Ago in
Oregon
A collection of poems describing a year in the life of a young
girl living with her family in a small Oregon town in 1917.
Love, Anne Bess's Log Cabin
Quilt
With her father away and her mother ill with fever, ten-year-old
Bess works hard on a log cabin quilt to save the family farm.
McGraw, Eloise Jarvis A Really Weird
Summer
Four children in Oregon spend the summer of their parents'
divorce with a little-known great aunt and uncle.
Moeri, Louise The Devil in Ol'
Rosie
Sent into the wilderness of eastern Oregon in 1907 to roundup the
family's escaped horses, twelve-year-old Wart struggles against
great dangers before gaining his father's respect.
Morey, Walter Year of the Black
Pony
A boy growing up in the Oregon country in the early 1900's
experiences the death of his father, the remarriage of his
mother, and the ultimate attainment of a dream.
Morrow, Honroe On to Oregon
Based on the actual mid-nineteenth century journey by covered
wagon of seven children through two thousand miles of wilderness
and hardship from Missouri to Oregon.
O'Dell, Scott Streams to the River, River
to the Sea: A Novel of Sacagawea
A young Indian woman, accompanied by her infant and cruel
husband, experiences joy and heartbreak when she joins the Lewis
and Clark Expedition seeking a way to the Pacific.
Paulsen, Gary Mr. Tucket
In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon,
fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians
and then falls in with a one-armed trapper who teaches him how to
live in the wild.
Smith, Roland Captain's Dog: My Journey
with the Lewis and Clark Tribe
Captain Meriwether Lewis's dog Seaman describes his experiences
as he accompanies his master on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to
explore the uncharted western wilderness.
Van Leeuwen, Jean Bound for
Oregon
A fictionalized account of the journey made by nine-year-old Mary
Ellen Todd and her family from their home in Arkansas westward
over the Oregon Trail in 1852.
Williams, Laura E. The Ghost
Stallion
In 1959 in Oregon, thirteen-year-old Mary Elizabeth rides with
her father to kill the wild stallion that is luring away horses
from their ranch and ruining their livelihood, but she secretly
wants to save his life.
Woodruff, Elvira Dear Levi: Letters from
the Overland Trail
Twelve-year-old Austin Ives writes letters to his younger brother
describing his three-thousand-mile journey from their home in
Pennsylvania to Oregon in 1851.
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