num_pages: 112
description: Now in paperback, Patricia Hermes tells the story of Joshua McCullough's experiences ashead West in a wagon train in Book One of his diary of life on the Oregon Trail..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. Though many of the other families on the trail suffer devastating losses during their long journey, Joshua's is spared. However, Joshua must conquer his fear of water during one dramatic crossing, when he heroically dives into a rushing river to save his younger sister Becky. The battered wagon train finally reaches Oregon after traveling over two thousand miles.
language: English
title: Westward to Home
titlecomplete: Westward to Home (My America: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary, #1)
genres: Fiction, Historical, Westerns, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Read For School, American History, Diary, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 376
series: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary
publisher: Scholastic Inc.