Book
Across America on an Emigrant Train
by Jim Murphy
- Published
- 1993
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Words
- 17508
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 7.8
- AR interest level
- UG — upper grades, 9–12
- Lexile
- 1180L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 14–18
Uses Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1879 emigrant-train journey from New York to California as a window into transcontinental railroad travel, westward expansion, railroad construction, and its effects on people and the land.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780395633908
Tags
Award Winners-Booklist Editors' ChoiceAward Winners-NCTE Notable Children's Books in the Language ArtsAward Winners-NCTE Orbis Pictus Award/Honor BookAward Winners-SLJ Best BookBiographies/Autobiographies-Biographies/Autobiographies (All)Careers-WriterHistory-Emigration/ImmigrationRecommended Reading-NCSS/CBC Notable Social StudiesSports/Recreation-TravelTransportation/Vehicles-TrainsUnited States-CaliforniaUnited States-New York