{"product_id":"wagon-wheels-9780064440523","title":"Wagon Wheels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBased on a true story, \u003cem\u003eWagon Wheels\u003c\/em\u003e tells a powerful and overlooked story of the country's post-Civil War era.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormerly enslaved Ed Muldie and his family travel to Kansas in 1878 to claim land under the Homestead Act. Mother dies on the journey from Kentucky. The family joins a free Black community in Nicodemus, Kansas. They survive a difficult winter thanks to help from the Osage Native community. But in spring Daddy must leave the boys to find better land for farming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two older boys, eleven and eight, take care of their three-year-old brother in these difficult times. Then a letter arrives via Pony Express. Daddy has settled and gives the boys a map to follow. The three boys must begin their own journey. They must care for one another as they travel 150 miles on foot to join him in their new home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Muldies' story gives beginning readers a glimpse of homesteaders' life and, specifically, an awareness of the Black groups in Kansas--and the boys' impressive feats of coping make for...genuine human interest.\" \u003cem\u003e(Kirkus)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWagon Wheels\u003c\/em\u003e is a Level Three I Can Read book. Level 3 includes many fun subjects kids love to read about on their own. Themes include friendship, adventure, historical fiction, and science. Level Three books are written for early independent readers. They include some challenging words and more complex themes and stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrenner, Barbara:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBarbara Brenner's curiosity about the world ranges far and wide. Her interests are reflected in the wide scope of her quality fiction and nonfiction. Some of her best-selling titles include \u003cem\u003eWagon Wheels\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eVoices: Poetry and Art from Around the World, \u003c\/em\u003e which was an ALA Notable Book for Children and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. \u003cem\u003eOne Small Place in a Tree\u003c\/em\u003e is a companion book to the striking \u003cem\u003eOne Small Place by the Sea. \u003c\/em\u003eBarbara Brenner lives with her husband, artist Fred Brenner, in Hawley, Pennsylvania. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBolognese, Don:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Don Bolognese is the illustrator of many popular books of historical fiction, including the I Can Read Books \u003cem\u003eBuffalo Bill and the Pony Express\u003c\/em\u003e by Eleanor Coerr and \u003cem\u003eWagon Wheels\u003c\/em\u003e by Barbara Brenner. He lives in New York City and Vermont.","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50629019369746,"sku":"9780064440523","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3b129a22-de87-4392-a0f9-7e9259f2bc14.jpg?v=1732716860","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wagon-wheels-9780064440523","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}