Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail: Letters from the Overland Trail

by Elvira Woodruff

Book Overview

Illus. in black-and-white. In 1851, 12-year-old orphan Austin Ives joins a wagon train headed for California. As they make their way across the country, Austin writes home to his brother Levi,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679885587
• ISBN13: 9780679885580
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Oregon or Bust!!!

We recently read this as an adjunct to an Oregon Trail unit. Most of the fourth grade students could relate to what was going on in the story, especially the relationships that parents and children have. An excellent tool to "hook the learner" and keep them interested. I would recommend this to teachers and students. It convinced me that I need to visit the real Oregon Trail before I teach this again!!

Adventures on a Wagon Train

Dear Levi is a historical fiction book that is based on a true story. This splendid story is about a boy named Austin who is traveling on a wagon train to Oregon, while writing letters to his little brother Levi. On the way he meets new friends and has many difficult problems. We recommend this book to anyone. So,read Dear Levi by Elvira Woodruff.

Great book and author!

I've met the author and would recomend any one of her books to you! This book is about a boy who writes to his brother while he(austin) is on the Oregon Trail. There is a sequel coming or is out that's called dear Austin. It's about Levi Writing back to austin.

Exciting, and the letter format made it even more realistic.

I read this book a couple of years ago (to my son). We both loved it. The events that happen to the boy as he travels along the Oregon Trail gave my son a realistic account of what it was like for the people who lived it. At the end of each letter he would beg me to go on, and it was so interesting I never needed much convincing. Even though the reading level is probably 4th-6th grade, I have decided to use the book with my special education students (grades 10, 11, 12). I predict they will love it too!