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On to Oregon!

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This a very exciting story that really shows the hard ships of life on the frontier. If you like books about the west, settlement of America, or about struggle and making your dreams happen, this is the book for you. I read this book as an assignment for school and I think it's great for kids around junior high age. The book is set in the 1800's during the settlement of America out west. It is about the 9 member Sager family who are going to Willamette, Oregon. On the way the father and mother die leaving John, the 13 year old son, to take the large family to carry out their father's dreams of starting a one thousand acre farm in Willamette.

I read this book for a book report and my teacher loved it so much she read it to the class! It is a great book that tells about the life of a young boy on his dangerous and thrilling journey on the Oregon Trail! READ THIS BOOK!

Have you ever wondered what really happend on the Oregon Trail? If you are one of those people, then you should read this book. Captain John Sager leads his family on the Oregon Trail to Oregon, but he uncovers dangers with his family, and with the Native Americans. This book has the same type of action to it as "Stones in Water" and another book I read "April Morning". I think that most of the story was factual, and part of it was opinion from the author. I was brought into the main and strongly supporting details, but some of the weak detail wasn't really needed or wasn't that interesting. This is how the story begins. "This is a story of a great pioneer. Aww. I know what you're already thinking. You think that this book is just a biography about somebody. But you are wrong. This is a much better book than those long and boring biographies, but you will still learn a lot about history.

John Sager is the leader of his family on the way to Oregon. He is going to occur mountain crossings and the decisions about crossing rivers and what to do about his sick family. He does a lot of things like his best friend, famous frontiersman, Kit Carson, likes killing deer and other animals to have for lunch.

Our family (with 4 kids) listened to this on tape as we drove through Idaho and Oregon, basically following the Oregon Trail. This book, more than anything else including museums, helped the kids understand the difficulties and dangers of the journey. They (and we their parents) loved it. However there are very negative stereotypes of Native Americans throughout the story which are unacceptable and require discussion.

This is a great book about a boy and his family who traveled through the Oregon trail, but his dad and mom die of dysentery. After that he has to lead the children along the snake river . It's nothing but exciting.

It was a joy to read this again as a child when I read it i thaught it was fiction but in preparing for a talk in the local genealogy club found out it wasn't, it is on the internet included in the Oregon trail Sharley Reutter

This older book is still an excellent, clean cut book for children who enjoy reading. It is good for youths 4th grade and above, but especially young teens. It has both tragedy and victory as a 13 year old takes responsibility to complete a difficult journey.

While the book has it's flaws, I read it as a child (as Seven Alone) and its influence has lasted to this day, some thirty years later. It taught me that no hardship I face will be insurmountable. If these kids can hike through mountains in the snow, I can handle what little challenges life throws at me. Remembering to just take the next step and not worry about the huge trip still ahead got me through my parent's divorce and the other tribulations of adolescence. Today, I think about the story while out on runs when I'm wanting to wimp out. I remember that running for health and fun is a luxury and that if those kids could do what they did to survive, I can keep running. Just one step at a time.

Strongly recommended for the adolescents in your life.

Published in 1926, the writing style is not what I'm used to. OK book, but for some reason I thought it would pack more of an emotional punch. No matter how much I identified with his wanting to be a better son once his parents died--"I don't pretend I was perfect. I'd---I'd give a million dollars to be able to mind her now," I didn't quite think it justification enough to push on for as long as he did. This is based on a true story, and what happened to the family just a few years later is sad.

This book is truly a masterpiece of children's novels......Entertaining, yet Historical.